Effects of supplemental vitamin E during the mature period on the reproduction performance of Taiwan Native Chicken cockerels

British Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 366-373

  Lin, Y F ^a,b   Chang, S J ^b   Yang, J R ^a   Lee, Y P ^c   Hsu, A L ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; VITAMIN E;

AVES; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 21044445063     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500098186     Document Type: Article

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