The effects of sepiolite in broiler chicken diets of high, medium and low viscosity. Productive performance and nutritive value

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 183-194

  Ouhida, I ^a   Perez J F ^a   Piedrafita, J ^a   Gasa, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Broilers; Retention time; Sepiolite; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342732872     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(00)00148-6     Document Type: Article

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