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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Assessment of probiotics supplementation via feed or water on the growth performance, intestinal morphology and microflora of chickens after experimental infection with Eimeria acervulina, Eimeria maxima and Eimeria tenella

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Pages 209-216 | Received 21 Nov 2013, Accepted 07 Feb 2014, Published online: 04 Apr 2014

Figures & data

Table 1. Description of experimental groups and tested probiotic products.

Table 2. Composition of the basal diet in mash form.

Table 3. Effects of probiotics via feed or drinking water on growth performance of infected chickens with mixed Eimeria species.Footnotea

Table 4. Intestinal lesion score, bloody faeces and mortality of chickens after Eimeria mixed challenge at 21 days of age.Footnotea

Table 5. Oocyst output after Eimeria challenge transformed in a log10 base.Footnotea

Table 6. Effects of probiotics via feed or drinking water on intestinal morphology of broiler chicken at 21 days of age.Footnotea

Table 7. Effect of dietary probiotic supplementation on ileum and caecum bacteria populations of broiler chicken at 42 days of age.Footnotea

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