In ovo and dietary administration of oligosaccharides extracted from palm kernel cake influence general health of pre- and neonatal broiler chicks

• Main Authors: Jahromi, Mohammad Faseleh, Shokryazdan, Parisa, Idrus, Zulkifli, Ebrahimi, Rohollah, Liang, Juan Boo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14899/1/14899.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14899/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0184553
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Palm kernel cake (PKC) is the main byproduct from the palm oil industry in several tropical countries that contains considerable amounts of oligosaccharide. We earlier demonstrated beneficial prebiotic effects of oligosaccharides extract of PKC (OligoPKC) in starter and finisher broiler birds. This...