(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 …