Effect of feeding biochar, oat hulls, yeast fermentate, and organic acids on reduction of Campylobacter in free-range broilers from hatching to slaughter.
- 2025-02
- RCT · n = 140
- Poultry science 104(2)
- Nao Takeuchi-Storm
- Cristina Calvo-Fernandez
- Annette Nygaard Jensen
- Giulia Ravenni
- Marianne Sandberg
- Ulrik Birk Henriksen
- Brian Lassen
- PubMed: 39731870
- DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.104706
- Low evidence
- Animal Study
Three groups received one of the following feed additives: ... 0.125 % Original XPC™ (Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentate) ... all broilers became Campylobacter-positive before access to the outdoors on day 36. Adding biochar in the feed resulted in ... lower C. jejuni than the control group ... The addition of organic acids in water resulted in ... lower C. jejuni ...
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small