Evaluation of the antimicrobial and intestinal integrity properties of boric acid in broiler chickens infected with Salmonella enteritidis: Proof of concept

D Hernandez-Patlan, B Solis-Cruz, B Adhikari… - Research in veterinary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of boric acid
(BA) on Salmonella enteritidis colonization, intestinal permeability, total intestinal IgA levels,
and cecal microbiota composition in broiler chickens. For this purpose, sixty day-old-chicks
were randomly allocated to one of two groups: 1) non-treated control group and 2)
0.1%(w/w) BA in feed. All chicks were challenged with 10 4 cfu of S. Enteritidis per bird at 1-
d old. On day 3 and 10 post-challenge, samples of crop and ceca-cecal tonsils (CCT) were …
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