Effects of β-glucanase supplementation of barley diets on growth performance of broilers

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-361

  Yu, Bi ^a   Hsu, Jenn Chung ^a   Chiou, Peter W S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Barley; Broilers; Growth performance; glucanase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000977434     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(97)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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