Dietary Supplementation of Betaine (Betafin®) and Response to High Temperature Stress in Male Broiler Chickens

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 244-249

  Zulkifli, I ^a   Mysahra, S A ^a   Jin, L Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Finfeeds Interantional Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Betaine; Broiler Chickens; Heat Stress

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0842332858     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2004.244     Document Type: Article

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