The Feed Additive Potassium Diformate Prevents <i>Salmonella enterica Serovar Pullorum</i> Infection and Affects Intestinal Flora in Chickens

• Main Authors: Yufan Sun (Author), Panyuan Yu (Author), Yiluo Cheng (Author), Jiahui Liu (Author), Xiabing Chen (Author), Tengfei Zhang (Author), Ting Gao (Author), Rui Zhou (Author), Lu Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Extensive studies have shown that potassium diformate (KDF), an antibiotic substitute used as a feed additive, improves animal growth performance, although there is less direct evidence of its preventive effect on bacterial infections and its influence on the intestinal flora of animals. In this stu...