Quillaja saponins - A natural growth promoter for fish

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 147-157

  Francis, George ^a   Makkar, Harinder P S ^b   Becker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carp; Fish; Performance; Reproduction; Saponins; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

CYPRINUS CARPIO; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; QUILLAJA; TILAPIA;

EID: 19744365755     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.02.015     Document Type: Article

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