Indigestible carbohydrates alter the intestinal microbiota but do not influence the performance of broiler chickens
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Geier, M.S.; Torok, Valeria; Allison, Gwen; Ophel-Keller, K; Hughes, R.J.
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Aims: Prebiotics are a potential alternative to in-feed antimicrobials to improve performance of chickens. We investigated the effects of mannanoligosaccharide (MOS) and fructooligosaccharide (FOS) on growth, performance and the intestinal microbiota. Methods and Results: Cobb 500 birds were fed either: Control, starter diet without antimicrobials; ZnB, Control + 50 ppm zinc bacitracin; MOS, Control + 5 g kg-1 MOS; or FOS, Control + 5 g kg-1 FOS. An energy metabolism study was conducted and...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2009 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/23403 |
Source: | Journal of Applied Microbiology |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.04116.x |
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