Investigation of dietary eubiotic supplementation on the growth performance and gut health parameters in broiler chicks challenged with <i>Eimeria</i> spp.: a pilot study
Dietary supplementation with phytogenic and prebiotic blend (PPB) effectively mitigated <i>Eimeria</i> spp. infection in broilers.PPB and salinomycin reduced oocyst excretion.Oocyst excretion was highest in the infected group.PPB was as effective as salinomycin.
Authors
- Vasilios Tsiouris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2970-2463)
- Tilemachos Mantzios (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8507-8525)
- Ιlias Giannenas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3145-3734)
- Ioanna Stylianaki
- Konstantinos Kiskinis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5165-8975)
- Dimitrios Galamatis
- Elias Papadopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2564-5203)
- Ioannis Panitsidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3296-4050)
Institutions
- University of Thessaly (GR)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Avian Pathology
- Published
- 2025-06-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03079457.2025.2523883
- Primary Topic
- Coccidia and coccidiosis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00