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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
US' National Chicken Council releases most comprehensive guidelines for well-being of broiler chickens
The United States' National Chicken Council (NCC) in 1999 developed the NCC Broiler Welfare Guidelines and Audit Checklist which have been widely adopted by chicken farmers and processors to ensure all chickens are being properly cared for ...
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Effects of Microencapsulated Blends of Organics Acids (OA) and Essential Oils (EO) as a Feed Additive for Broiler Chicken. A Focus on Growth Performance, Gut Morphology and Microbiology
Replacing antibiotics with natural alternative compounds in poultry feeding is being increased in the last few years to challenge the antibiotic resistance problem. Among natural compounds, organic acids and essential oils could be a favora ...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Effect of novel Lactobacillus paracaesi microcapsule on growth performance, gut health and microbiome community of broiler chickens
The beneficial action of probiotics is questioned time and again due to the loss of their survivability under gastrointestinal conditions, particularly gastric acid. In this experiment, a probiotic species was encapsulated to improve its de ...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Influence of enzyme supplementation in the diets of broiler chickens formulated with different corn hybrids dried at various temperatures
The use of exogenous enzymes is a common nutrition strategy of the poultry industry. However, the influence of this additive on the microbiota and its efficiency when the diets are formulated with different hybrids of corn dried under high ...
Monday, May 3, 2021
Endotoxin translocation and gut inflammation are increased in broiler chickens receiving an oral lipopolysaccharide (LPS) bolus during heat stress
Lipopolysaccharides (LPS), also termed endotoxins, are the major component of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. In general, endotoxins in the intestine are considered harmless in healthy animals. However, different stressors, su ...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
USPOULTRY releases first-ever report of antimicrobial use in US broiler chickens and turkeys
The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association has released the US poultry industry's first-ever report quantifying antimicrobial use on broiler chicken and turkey farms.
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Effect of Digestrom® and Poultry Star® on the body performance and immunity status of broiler chickens
This study was carried out to evaluate the positive effects of two different commercial products (Digestrom ® and Poultry Star ® ) on body performance and the immune response against Newcastle disease after challenge with a virulent local s ...
Friday, March 8, 2013
Genetic dissection of growth traits in a Chinese indigenous x commercial broiler chicken cross
In this study, we generated an F2 intercross between the slow growing native broiler breed, Huiyang Beard chicken, and the fast growing commercial broiler breed, High Quality chicken Line A, and used it to map loci explaining the difference ...
Friday, June 18, 2010
Effect of phytate and phytase on the ileal flows of endogenous minerals and amino acids for growing broiler chickens fed purified diets
This article suggests that phytate may reduce amino acid utilization by increased endogenous losses but increase mineral utilization under conditions of feeding purified diets.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Dietary Bacillus subtilis C-3102 spores improve broiler chicken and turkey live performance
This article discusses trials on broiler chickens and turkeys, which show that Bacillus subtilis C-3102 spores improve bird performance when added to feed.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Use of pre-germination of grains and oilseeds to improve feed value and gut development in broiler chickens
This study is based on the hypothesis that chemical processes that activated when seeds germinate will have a beneficial effect on improving nutrient availability to broiler chickens and feed efficiency.

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