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Poultry or Avian Science, Biochemistry, Nutrition, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology, and Veterinary Physiology

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The impact of deoxynivalenol, fumonisins, and their combination on performance ...

Poultry Science (2020)

G. R. Murugesan

This study evaluated the effects of the mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON), fumonisins (FUM), and their combination on growth performance, nutrient, and ...

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Maintaining the safety of poultry feed

(2017)

G. R. Murugesan

Feed safety is reliant on a multitude of factors and can be affected by both natural and artificial contaminants including ...

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Prevalence and effects of mycotoxins on poultry health and performance ...

Poultry Science (2015)

G. R. Murugesan, D R Ledoux, K Naehrer, F Berthiller, et al.

Extensive research over the last couple of decades has made it obvious that mycotoxins are commonly prevalent in majority of ...

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Evaluation of a phytogenic feed additive on performance, nutrient digestion ...

Animal Feed Science and Technology (2020)

G. R. Murugesan

The objective of this experiment was to determine the effects of a phytogenic feed additive on turkey poult performance over ...

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Cecal microbiome composition and metabolic function in probiotic treated broilers

PLoS ONE (2020)

G. R. Murugesan

Probiotics have become increasingly popular in the poultry industry as a promising nutritional intervention to promote the modulation of intestinal ...

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Effect of synbiotic supplementation on caecal Clostridium perfringens load in ...

Poultry Science (2020)

G. R. Murugesan

Studies were conducted to determine the efficacy of synbiotic applications to combat the negative effects of necrotic enteritis (NE). An ...

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Effect of acidifier product supplementation in laying hens challenged with ...

Journal of Applied Poultry Research (2019)

G. R. Murugesan

Salmonella infection in humans from poultry meat and eggs can lead to symptoms including diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Salmonella can be inhibited by ...

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Comparative of probiotics reveals cecal microbial component associated with performance ...

PLoS ONE (2019)

G. R. Murugesan

Probiotics have become increasingly popular in poultry industry as a promising nutritional intervention to promote modulation of intestinal microbiota as ...

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In vitro characterization and analysis of probiotic species in the ...

Poultry Science (2019)

G. R. Murugesan

Two experiments, 1 in vitro and 1 in vivo study, were conducted to analyze probiotic species characteristics and survival in ...

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Synbiotic supplementation to decrease Salmonella colonization in the intestine and ...

PLoS ONE (2019)

G. R. Murugesan

In vitro and in vivo experiments were conducted to study the effects of synbiotic supplementation on Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (SE) proliferation, cecal content load, ...

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Effects of drinking water synbiotic supplementation in laying hens challenged ...

Poultry Science (2018)

G. R. Murugesan

This experiment was conducted to study the effects of drinking water supplementation of synbiotic product PoultryStar® sol (containing Lactobacillus reuteri, Bifidobacterium animalis, ...

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Effects of probiotic supplementation on performance traits, bone mineralization, cecal ...

Animal (2018)

G. R. Murugesan, F.F. Yan and H.W. Cheng

Recent researches have showed that probiotics promote bone health in humans and rodents. The objective of this study was to ...

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Effect of dietary synbiotic supplement on behavioral patterns and growth ...

Poultry Science (2018)

G. R. Murugesan, A.A. Mohammed, J.J. Jacobs and H.W. Cheng

This study examined the effects of a dietary synbiotic supplement on the behavioral patterns and growth performance of broiler chickens ...

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Effects of a dietary synbiotic inclusion on bone health in ...

Poultry Science (2018)

G. R. Murugesan

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of a dietary synbiotic inclusion on broiler bone health under ...

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Effect of synbiotic supplementation on layer production and cecal Salmonella ...

Poultry Science (2017)

G. R. Murugesan, Amanda Luoma, Ashley Markazi, Revathi Shanmugasundaram, et al.

This study analyzed the inhibitory effects of a synbiotic product (PoultryStar® me) on production parameters, intestinal microflora profile, and immune parameters ...

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Presentation

Natural feed additives as alternative to in-feed medication

International Conference on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork (2017)

A. Tacconi, S. M. Mendoza, G. R. Murugesan, E. Hendel, et al.

The use of antibiotics in livestock production is very common and widespread. The reason for their use can be very ...

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Phytogenic feed additives as an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters ...

Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2015)

G. R. Murugesan, Basharat Syed, Sudipto Haldar and Chasity Pender

The recent trend toward reduction of antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) in North American poultry diets has put tremendous pressure on ...

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Effects of direct-fed microbial supplementation on broiler performance, intestinal nutrient ...

British Poultry Science (2014)

G. R. Murugesan, N. K. Gabler and M. E. Persia

1. The effects of Aspergillus oryzae- and Bacillus subtilis- based direct-fed microbials (DFM) were investigated on the performance, ileal nutrient ...

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Effects of protease, phytase and a Bacillus sp. direct-fed microbial ...

PLoS ONE (2014)

G. R. Murugesan, L. F. Romero and M. E. Persia

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of protease and phytase (PP) and a Bacillus sp. direct-fed microbial (DFM) ...

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Influence of a direct-fedmicrobial and xylanase enzyme on the dietary ...

J Sci Food Agric (2014)

G. R. Murugesan and M. E. Persia

BACKGROUND: Efficacy of a multi-strain direct-fed microbial product (PoultryStar® ME; PS) and a xylanase enzyme product on the dietary energy ...

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Diurnal heat stress reduces pig intestinal integrity and increases endotoxin ...

Translational Animal Science (2018)

G. R. Murugesan, Nicholas K. Gabler, Dawn Koltes, Simone Schaumberger, et al.

Heat stress negatively affects performance and intestinal integrity of pigs. The objective of this study was to characterize the effects ...

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Energy content of select dietary supplemental lipids for broilers, turkeys ...

Journal of Applied Poultry Research (2017)

G. R. Murugesan, Brian J. Kerr and Michael E. Persia

Energy is an expensive component of poultry diets with lipids providing a concentrated energy source to meet these needs. Three ...

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Validation of the effects of small differences in dietary metabolizable ...

Poultry Science (2013)

G. R. Murugesan and M. E. Persia

An experiment was conducted to evaluate energy utilization of laying hens fed diets containing 2 ME concentrations, using response criteria ...

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Evaluation of energy values of various oil sources when fed ...

Animal Industry Report (2013)

G. Raj Murugesan, Brian J. Kerr and Michael E. Persia

The nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn) values of seven different oil and fat sources used in broiler diets, primarily across ...

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New model for examining the energy metabolism of laying hens

Animal Industry Report (2013)

G. Raj Murugesan and Michael E. Persia

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the energy utilization of laying hens fed diets containing two energy concentrations, using a ...

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Mycotoxins (3)

Antibiotic alternatives (17)

Gut Health (1)

Nutrition (4)