The effect of dietary selenium source and vitamin E levels on performance of male broilers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1000-1006

  Choct, M ^a   Naylor, A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b ALLTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Inorganic Selenium; Meat Quality; Organic Selenium; Poultry

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 3242670526     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2004.1000     Document Type: Article

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