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ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2024

Evaluating the efficacy of probiotics and ascorbic acid as anti-stress agents against heat stress in broiler chickens.

Victory Osirimade Sumanu, Vinny Naidoo, Marinda Catharina Oosthuizen, Joseph Panashe Chamunorwa

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Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Victory Osirimade SumanuDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Vinny NaidooDepartment of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Marinda Catharina OosthuizenDepartment of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Joseph Panashe ChamunorwaDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heat stress poses a substantial challenge to poultry production worldwide, highlighting the urgent need for effective management strategies. This study investigated the efficacy of probiotics (

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ascorbic acidbody surface temperaturecloacal temperatureheat stressprobioticthermoregulation

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PMID39502951
PMCPMC11534807

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