Effects of dietary supplemental L-carnitine and ascorbic acid on performance, carcass composition and plasma L-carnitine concentration of broiler chicks reared under different temperature

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-38

  Celik L ^a   Ozturkcan O ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Blood plasma; Broiler performance; Carnitine; Environmental temperature

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARNITINE; FAT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CARCASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDING; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RECYCLING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WEIGHT GAIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY COMPOSITION; CARNITINE; CHICKENS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 10744221126     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003942031000086644     Document Type: Article

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