Effects of a fiber-rich diet on physiology and survival of farm-reared red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-91

  Millán, Javier ^a   Gortázar, Christian ^a   Buenestado, Francisco J ^a   Rodríguez, Pablo ^b   Tortosa, Francisco S ^b   Villafuerte, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alectoris rufa; Farm rearing; Feed; Fibre; Gamebird; Management; Red legged partridge; Spain; Survival

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BIRD; BURSA FABRICII; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH FIBER DIET; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ALECTORIS RUFA; AVES; FABRICIUS;

EID: 0037223068     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00189-7     Document Type: Article

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