Effects of Dietary Supplementation with Organic Acids and Zinc Bacitracin on Heal Microflora, pH and Performance in Broilers

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 451-455

  Alp, Müjdat ^a   Kocabaǧli, Neşe ^a   Kahraman, Recep ^a   Bostan, Kamil ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Broiler; Ileal Enterobacteriaceae level; Ileal pH; Organic acid; Performance; Zinc bacitracin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346609813     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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