Alleviating effect of dietary supplementation of benzoic acid, Enterococcus faecium and essential oil complex on coccidia and Clostridium perfringens challenge in laying hens

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this experiment is to explore the effects of dietary supplementation of benzoic acid, Enterococcus faecium, and essential oil complex (BEC) on coccidia and Clostridium perfringens challenge in laying hens. A total of 80 Lohmann gray laying hens (35 wk old) were allocated to...

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Published in:	Poultry Science
Main Authors:	Hongye Zhang, Xuemei Ding, Shiping Bai, Qiufeng Zeng, Keying Zhang, Xiangbing Mao, Licui Chu, Danxi Hou, Yue Xuan, Jianping Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-04-01
Subjects:	laying hen coccidia Clostridium perfringens type A benzoic acid intestinal health
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579122000256