The effects of drinking water with essential oils-organic acids blend replacing preventive antibiotics during withdrawal period on growth performance and gut health of broilers in a commercial farm.

Poult Sci · 2026 · PMC12955117 · PMID 41740442

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an observed trendP = 0.096so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Additionally, there was an observed trend towards an increase in Bifidobacteria numbers ( P = 0.096).

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a trend towards significanceno p-value reported

A P -value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant, whereas P -values ranging from 0.05 to less than 0.1 were interpreted as indicative of a trend towards significance.

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