Influence of Dietary Levels of Fat, Fiber, and Copper Sulfate and Fat Rancidity on Cecal Activity in the Growing Turkey

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-66

  Leeson, S ^a   Zubair, A K ^a   Squires, E J ^a   Forsberg, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ceca; Copper; Excreta viscosity; Fat rancidity; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

CANOLA OIL; COPPER SULFATE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; DOSE RESPONSE; FAT INTAKE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; TURKEY (BIRD); WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; COPPER SULFATE; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TURKEYS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030638660     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.1.59     Document Type: Article

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