A note on the isolation of anaerobic cellulolytic fungi in the caecum of broilers

Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-196

  Rodriguez, Zoraya ^a   Galindo, Juana ^a   Marrero, Ana I ^a   Boucourt, R ^a   Elias, A ^a   Riveri, Zuzel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA ANIMAL   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Broilers; Caecum; Cellulolytic fungi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030488063     PISSN: 08640408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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