Beneficial effect of beta-mannanase feed enzyme on performance of chicks challenged with Eimerla sp. and Clostridium perfringens

• Published in: Avian diseases Vol. 47; no. 3; p. 759
• Main Authors: Jackson, M E, Anderson, D M, Hsiao, H Y, Mathis, G F, Fodge, D W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2003
• Subjects: Animal Feed; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage; Bacitracin - administration & dosage; Bacitracin - pharmacology; beta-Mannosidase - administration & dosage; Chickens - growth & development; Clostridium Infections - microbiology; Clostridium Infections - prevention & control; Clostridium Infections - veterinary; Clostridium perfringens; Coccidiosis - parasitology; Coccidiosis - prevention & control; Coccidiosis - veterinary; Coccidiostats - administration & dosage; Eimeria; Enteritis - microbiology; Enteritis - parasitology; Enteritis - veterinary; Male; Necrosis; Poultry Diseases - microbiology; Poultry Diseases - parasitology; Poultry Diseases - prevention & control; Pyrans - administration & dosage; Salicylates - administration & dosage

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of a beta-mannanase feed enzyme on the performance of broiler chicks subject to a necrotic enteritis disease challenge model involving oral inoculation of Eimeria sp. and Clostridium pefringens. Beta-mannanase is known to improve productive perf...