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ArticleOpen life sciences2021

Supplementation of probiotics in water beneficial growth performance, carcass traits, immune function, and antioxidant capacity in broiler chickens.

Lihuan Zhang, Ruonan Zhang, Hao Jia, Zhiwei Zhu, Huifeng Li, Yueyue Ma

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Article in Open life sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
9.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lihuan ZhangCollege of Life Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, Shanxi Province, China.
Ruonan ZhangCollege of Life Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, Shanxi Province, China.
Hao JiaCollege of Life Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, Shanxi Province, China.
Zhiwei ZhuCollege of Life Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, Shanxi Province, China.
Huifeng LiCollege of Life Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, Shanxi Province, China.
Yueyue MaCollege of Life Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, Shanxi Province, China.
Shanxi Agricultural University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effects of commercial probiotic supplementation in water on the performance parameters, carcass traits, immune function, and antioxidant capacity of broiler chicks. In the experiment, 120 Arbor Acres (AA) broilers (60 male and 60 female) were randomly allocated into four groups (G) - G1: basal diet and G2, G3, and G4: basal diet with 1%

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broiler chickscarcass traitsgrowth performancegut microbiotaprobiotics

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PMID33851031
PMCPMC8020192
OpenAlexW3141706024

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