Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30810908›Full record

ArticleProbiotics and antimicrobial proteins2020

Effects of the Use of a Combination of Two Bacillus Species on Performance, Egg Quality, Small Intestinal Mucosal Morphology, and Cecal Microbiota Profile in Aging Laying Hens.

Jiajun Yang, Kai Zhan, Minhong Zhang

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial, Veterinary
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In one paragraph

Article in Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Recent Advances in Egg White Biotechnology, Microbiology, and Quality.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2026
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  4. Optimizing eggshell quality in extended laying periods: Insights and strategies.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2026
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  8. Single or Combined Supplementation ofVeterinary sciences · 2025
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  10. DietaryVeterinary sciences · 2025
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  11. DietaryFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
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  18. Effects of dietaryFrontiers in microbiology · 2023
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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jiajun YangInstitute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Product Safety Engineering, Anhui Academy of Agriculture Science, No. 40 of Nongke South Road, Hefei City, 230031, Anhui Province, China.
Kai ZhanInstitute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Product Safety Engineering, Anhui Academy of Agriculture Science, No. 40 of Nongke South Road, Hefei City, 230031, Anhui Province, China. yjj1984112@outlook.com.
Minhong ZhangState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yuanminyuan West Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100094, People's Republic of China. zmh66@126.com.
Animal Science Research Institute · CNChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNInstitute of Animal Sciences · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sixty-week-old Hy-Line brown laying hens were randomly divided into five groups and fed different diets over a period of 84 days. Experimental treatments included a basal diet (control); the basal diet supplemented with 1.0 × 10

Indexed as

AgingBacillusChickensOviparityAnimal HusbandryAnimal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaAnimalsCecumEggsFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeIntestinal MucosaIntestine, SmallProbioticsAging laying henBacillusEgg qualityIntestinal bacterial compositionPerformance

Identifiers

PMID30810908
OpenAlexW2916901379

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Registered trials

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