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|  |  | Rubio,MS; Laurentiz,AC; Sobrane Fº,ST; Mello,ES; Filardi,RS; Silva,MLA; Laurentiz,RS. |  | ABSTRACT Piper cubeba is an Asian pepper used in popular medicine for its known antimicrobial, antiparasitic, and anti-inflammatory actions. The study evaluated the effects of dietary inclusion of Piper cubeba ethanolic extract (PE) as a replacement for anantibiotic growth promoter (AGP) on the performance and biochemical serum profile of 1- to 21-d-old broilers (Cobb®). Two hundred one-d-old broilers were housed in experimental battery cages and distributed in a completely randomized design. The following treatments were applied: negative control (NC) - basal diet; positive control (PC) - basal diet with addition of AGP; and the basal diet with inclusion of 0.17%, 0.34%, and 0.52% of PE (NCE1, NCE2, and NCE3, respectively). Growth performance, biochemical... |  
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article | Palavras-chave: Additives; Antibiotic growth promoters; Biochemical serum profile; Pepper. |  
| Ano: 2019 | URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2019000100310 |  |  |