Studies on the Feeding of Cupric Sulfate Pentahydrate, Cupric Citrate, and Copper Oxychloride to Broiler Chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-448

  Ewing, H Pettit ^a   Pesti, Gene M ^a   Bakalli, Remzi I ^a   Menten, Jose Fernando M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Broiler; Copper oxychloride; Cupric citrate; Cupric sulfate pentahydrate

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; COPPER; COPPER OXYCHLORIDE; COPPER SULFATE; COPPER(II) CITRATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CITRATES; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; DIGESTION; FOOD, FORTIFIED; MEAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032014501     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.3.445     Document Type: Article

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