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ReviewAnimal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui)2018

Use of antibiotics in broiler production: Global impacts and alternatives.

Youcef Mehdi, Marie-Pierre Létourneau-Montminy, Marie-Lou Gaucher, Younes Chorfi, Gayatri Suresh, Tarek Rouissi, Satinder Kaur Brar, Caroline Côté, Antonio Avalos Ramirez, Stéphane Godbout

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Review in Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 248 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
248citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

248 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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188 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Youcef MehdiUniversité Laval, Faculté des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation, 2425 rue de l'Agriculture, local 4145 (Qc), Québec G1V 0A6, Canada.
Marie-Pierre Létourneau-MontminyUniversité Laval, Faculté des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation, 2425 rue de l'Agriculture, local 4145 (Qc), Québec G1V 0A6, Canada.
Marie-Lou GaucherUniversité de Montréal, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, 3200 rue Sicotte, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec J2S 2M2, Canada.
Younes ChorfiUniversité de Montréal, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, 3200 rue Sicotte, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec J2S 2M2, Canada.
Gayatri SureshInstitut National de Recherche Scientifique, 490 de la Couronne (Qc), Québec G1K 9A9, Canada.
Tarek RouissiInstitut National de Recherche Scientifique, 490 de la Couronne (Qc), Québec G1K 9A9, Canada.
Satinder Kaur BrarInstitut National de Recherche Scientifique, 490 de la Couronne (Qc), Québec G1K 9A9, Canada.
Caroline CôtéInstitut de Recherche et de Développement en Agroenvironnement, 2700 rue Einstein-Québec, Québec G1P 3W8, Canada.
Antonio Avalos RamirezCentre National en Électrochimie et en Technologies Environnementales, 2263 Avenue du Collège, Shawinigan, Québec G9N 6V8, Canada.
Stéphane GodboutInstitut de Recherche et de Développement en Agroenvironnement, 2700 rue Einstein-Québec, Québec G1P 3W8, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections. However, a selective pressure gave rise to bacteria resistant to antibiotics. This leaves scientists worried about the danger to human and animal health. Some strategies can be borrowed to reduce the use of antibiotics in chicken farms. Much research has been carried out to look for natural agents with similar beneficial effects of growth promoters. The aim of these alternatives is to maintain a low mortality rate, a good level of animal yield while preserving environment and consumer health. Among these, the most popular are probiotics, prebiotics, enzymes, organic acids, immunostimulants, bacteriocins, bacteriophages, phytogenic feed additives, phytoncides, nanoparticles and essential oils.

Indexed as

AntibioticBroiler chickenEnzymeEssential oilPrebioticProbiotic

Identifiers

PMID30140756
PMCPMC6103476

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