[HTML][HTML] Centennial Review: Factors affecting the chicken gastrointestinal microbial composition and their association with gut health and productive performance

YR Bindari, PF Gerber - Poultry Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Maintenance of “gut health” is considered a priority in commercial chicken farms, although a
precise definition of what constitutes gut health and how to evaluate it is still lacking. In …

Secondary functions of arginine and sulfur amino acids in poultry health

FLS Castro, WK Kim - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Historically, studies with amino acids have focused on protein synthesis
and accretion, especially with eggs and meat, whereas less importance has been given to …

Graded Eimeria challenge linearly regulated growth performance, dynamic change of gastrointestinal permeability, apparent ileal digestibility, intestinal morphology …

PY Teng, S Yadav, FL de Souza Castro, YH Tompkins… - Poultry science, 2020 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to evaluate graded Eimeria challenge on growth performance,
apparent ileal digestibility, gastrointestinal permeability, intestinal morphology, gene …

[HTML][HTML] Graded levels of Eimeria infection linearly reduced the growth performance, altered the intestinal health, and delayed the onset of egg production of Hy-Line …

MK Sharma, G Liu, DL White, WK Kim - Poultry Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this experiment was to investigate how different levels of Eimeria infection affect
the performance, intestinal health, oxidative status, and egg production of Hy-Line W-36 …

The central role of intestinal health on the effect of feed additives on feed intake in swine and poultry

PJ Van der Aar, F Molist, JD Van Der Klis - Animal feed science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Additives are commonly added to animal diets to stimulate production performance, and to
improve welfare and health especially in stressful periods of life. The higher production …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of coccidia challenge and natural betaine supplementation on performance, nutrient utilization, and intestinal lesion scores of broiler chickens fed …

AM Amerah, V Ravindran - Poultry Science, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of the present experiment was to examine the effect of coccidia challenge and
natural betaine supplementation on performance, nutrient utilization, and intestinal lesion …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the effect of coccidiosis on broiler performance and infection outcomes in the presence and absence of control methods

J Taylor, C Walk, M Misiura, JOB Sorbara, I Giannenas… - Poultry science, 2022 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the role of
Eimeria species, dose and inoculation time, on performance and infection outcomes of …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of Eimeria acervulina infection severity on growth performance, apparent ileal amino acid digestibility, and plasma concentrations of amino acids …

SJ Rochell, CM Parsons, RN Dilger - Poultry science, 2016 - Elsevier
An experiment was conducted to evaluate growth performance, apparent ileal digestibility
(AID) of amino acids, and plasma concentrations of amino acids, carotenoids, and α1-acid …

[HTML][HTML] Coccidiosis infection and growth performance of broilers in experimental trials: insights from a meta-analysis including modulating factors

LFVB de Freitas, NK Sakomura, M de Paula Reis… - Poultry Science, 2023 - Elsevier
An infection by protozoa Eimeria spp. can cause coccidiosis, which negatively affects broiler
chicken performance and causes economic and production losses. To understand the effect …

Impacts of increasing challenge with Eimeria maxima on the growth performance and gene expression of biomarkers associated with intestinal integrity and nutrient …

PY Teng, J Choi, Y Tompkins, H Lillehoj, W Kim - Veterinary Research, 2021 - Springer
This study was conducted to investigate the impacts of graded severity of Eimeria maxima
infection on the growth performance and intestine health of broiler chickens. Four different …