Amit Singh

INTRODUCTION Poultry needs protein for growth, egg production, immunity, enzymatic activity, tissue turnover, and much more (Beski et al., 2015). Similar to other essential amino acids (AA), supplemental branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) such as isoleucine and valine allow for a reduction in the crude protein (CP) in the diet, whereas leucine is generally found in higher amounts in the cornbased d ...

INTRODUCTIONSalmonella has been linked to numerous foodborne illnesses from consumption of poultry products. The FoodNet preliminary data for 2016-2019 identified 25,866 infections, 6,164 hospitalizations and 122 deaths due to foodborne illnesses in United States of which Salmonella contribute about 17.1% of total foodborne infections (Tack et al., 2020; Vaddu et al., 2020). They also reported 5 m ...