Effects of exogenous β-glucanase on ileal digesta soluble β-glucan molecular weight, digestive tract characteristics, and performance of coccidiosis vaccinated broiler chickens fed hulless barley-based diets with and without medication

• Namalika D. Karunaratne,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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• Rex W. Newkirk ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rex.newkirk@usask.ca

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8306-2922

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• Nancy P. Ames,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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• Andrew G. Van Kessel,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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• Michael R. Bedford,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation AB Vista, Marlborough, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5308-4290

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• Henry L. Classen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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