Excess dietary copper triggers enlargement of the proventriculus in broilers

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-230

  Wideman Jr , R F ^a   Kirby, Y Kochera ^a   Barton, T L ^a   Clark, D ^a   Bayyari, G R ^a   Huff, W E ^a   Moore Jr , P A ^a   Dunn, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper sulfate; Feed withdrawal; Processing; Proventriculus

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042879258     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/5.3.219     Document Type: Article

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