Selected USDA Research on Poultry Nutrition
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a robust research program that includes studies of poultry nutrition, especially as it relates to disease vulnerability and resistance. Here are recent publications on USDA poultry research in this topical area. All of these articles are available from the National Agricultural Library Digital Collections.
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Butyrate enhances disease resistance of chickens by inducing antimicrobial host defense peptide gene expression (2011)

BT cationic peptides: Small peptides that modulate innate immune responses of chicken heterophils and monocytes (2012)

Apparent metabolizable energy and prediction equations for reduced-oil corn distillers dried grains with solubles in broiler chicks from 10 to 18 days old (2013)

Supplemental lysine sulfate does not negatively affect performance of broiler chicks fed dietary sulfur from multiple dietary and water sources (2013)

Bacillus subtilis-based direct-fed microbials augment macrophage function in broiler chickens (2011)

Effects of dietary alfalfa inclusion on Salmonella Typhimurium populations in growing layer chicks (2012)
