The effect of β-glucanase supplementation of barley- and oat-based diets on growth performance and fermentation in broiler chicken gastrointestinal tract

British Poultry Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-64

  Jozefiak D ^a   Rutkowski, A ^a   Jensen, B B ^b   Engberg, R M ^b  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDO 1,4 BETA XYLANASE; GLYCOSIDASE; LACTIC ACID; LICHENINASE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CECUM; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; OAT; ORGAN SIZE; PH; STOMACH JUICE; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; AVENA SATIVA; CECUM; CHICKENS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENDO-1,4-BETA XYLANASES; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HORDEUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVENA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 33645296053     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500475145     Document Type: Article

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