The effect of dietary probiotic supplementation on tibial bone characteristics and strength in broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1621-1625

  Mutus R ^a   Kocabagli N ^a   Alp, M ^a   Acar, N ^b   Eren, M ^c   Gezen, S S ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Broiler; Morphometric index; Probiotic; Tibia

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 33748591579     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.9.1621     Document Type: Article

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