Effects of Dietary Glucose Oxidase on Growth performance and Intestinal Health of AA Broilers Challenged by Clostridium perfringens

ABSTRACT Arbor Acre (AA) broilers were used as the research object to investigate whether glucose oxidase (GOD) has preventive and relieving effects on necrotic enteritis.The experiment was designed as a factorial arrangement of two dietary treatments × two infection states. Chickens were fed a basal diet or a diet with 150 U/kg GOD, and were challenged with Clostridium perfringens (Cp) or sterile culture medium. In our study, Cp challenge led to intestinal injury, as evidenced by reducing the average daily gain and the average daily feed intake of AA broilers of 14 to 21 day (P