Ascites in broiler chickens: Exogenous and endogenous structural and functional causal factors

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 374-377

  Decuypere, E ^a   Buyse, J ^a   Buys, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SEGHERSgentec   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Functional factors; Metabolic diseases; Nutrition; Poultry; Structural factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044489408     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/wps20000025     Document Type: Article

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