Probiotics in poultry: Modes of action

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 362-368

  Jin, L Z ^a,b   Ho, Y W ^a   Abdullah, N ^a   Jalaludin, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broilers; Direct fed microbials; Lactobacillus; Layers; Modes of action; Performance; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037655763     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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