Carotenoids from Alocasia leaf meal as xanthophyll sources for broiler pigmentation

Tropical Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 116-122

  Liufa, Wen ^a   Xufang, Luo ^a   Cheng, Zheng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alocasia macrorrhiza; Broilers; Carotenoids; Giant taro; Leaf meal; Pigmentation; Xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA;

EID: 0030957047     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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