Effect of benzoic acid on production performance, egg quality, intestinal morphology, and cecal microbial community of laying hens

This study was conducted to determine the effects of supplemental dietary benzoic acid on production performance, egg quality, intestinal morphology, and intestinal microbiota of laying hens. A total of seven hundred twenty 45-wk-old Lohman pink-shell laying hens were randomly allocated to 3 dietary...

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Main Authors: Haojie Gong, Zengqiao Yang, Pietro Celi, Lei Yan, Xuemei Ding, Shiping Bai, Qiufeng Zeng, Shengyu Xu, Zhuowei Su, Yong Zhuo, Keying Zhang, Jianping Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120307173