Administration of Bacillus cultures as direct-fed microorganisms improves growth performance and reduces mortality of broilers raised under performance-reducing stress challenge

Summary: The use of direct-fed microorganisms (DFM) is an important alternative to antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) for improving growth and managing disease in poultry production. We investigated the administration of 2 multistrain Bacillus cultures administered as DFM on growth performance and mo...

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Main Authors: C.A. Johnson, T. Duong, K.A. Smith, N.R. Augspurger, J.T. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Applied Poultry Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105661712030074X