Digestibility and composition of broiler litter, as affected by gamma irradiation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-132

  Al Masri, M R ^a   Zarkawi, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Broiler litter; Cell wall; Digestibility; Irradiation

Indexed keywords

ACID-DETERGENT FIBER (ADF); ACID-DETERGENT LIGNIN (ADL); BROILER LITTER; IN VITRO ORGANIC MATTER DIGESTIBILITY (IVOMD); NEUTRAL-DETERGENT FIBER (NDF);

CELL MEMBRANES; GAMMA RAYS; LIGNIN; NATURAL FIBERS; NITROGEN; SAWDUST;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

LIGNIN; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ENERGY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; WOOD DUST;

EID: 0033180909     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(98)00178-3     Document Type: Article

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