Complete Replacement of Dietary Fish Meal by Duckweed and Soybean Meal on the Performance of Broilers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 629-634

  Islam, K M S ^a   Shahjalal, M ^a   Tareque, A M M ^a   Howlider, M A R ^a  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Broiler; Carcass Composition; Dressing Yield; Duckweed; Fish Meal; Soybean Meal

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; LEMNA;

EID: 0031318941     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1997.629     Document Type: Article

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