An assessment of Ipomoea asarifolia leaf meal as feed ingredient in broiler chick production

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-50

  Ekenyem, B U ^a   Madubuike, F N ^a  

^a IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Broiler chicks; Carcass and organ characteristics; Ipomoea asarifolia leaf meal; Performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; IPOMOEA; LIVESTOCK; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT LEAF; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST MEAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA ASARIFOLIA;

EID: 33646385346     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2006.46.50     Document Type: Article

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