Growth parameters and carcass quality of broilers fed a corn-soybean diet supplemented with creatine monohydrate

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 404-408

  Stahl, C A ^a   Greenwood, M W ^a   Berg, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Broilers; Creatine; Growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645130788     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2003.404.408     Document Type: Article

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