


perfringens load in the caecum and liver of the NE-infected broiler chickens.

Feeding EOA at 200 and 500 mg/kg considerably improved the feed conversion ratio, reduced gut lesions, serum fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran level, and C. A total of 432 male Arbor Acres broilers (1-day old) were randomly distributed into six treatment groups, namely noninfected negative control (A) NE-infected positive control (D) NE-infected broiler chickens fed a basal diet supplemented with 250 mg/kg bacitracin methylene disalicylate (BMD) and NE-infected broiler chicken fed 200 500 and 800 mg/kg EOA (E, F, G, and H group). perfringens) in chickens infected with necrotic enteritis (NE) broilers was investigated. The effects of a blend of encapsulated organic acids with essential oils (EOA) as an alternative to antimicrobial growth promoter (AGP) on growth performance and gut health of Eimeria spp./ Clostridium perfringens (C.
