The effects of dietary supplementation of L-carnitine and humic substances on performance, egg traits and blood parameters in laying hens

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1478-1483

  Yalçin, Sakine ^a   Ergün, Ahmet ^a   Özsoy, Bülent ^a,b   Yalçin, Suzan ^a,c   Erol, Handan ^a,d   Onbaşilar, Ilyas ^a,e  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood Parameters; Egg Traits; Humic Substances; L carnitine; Laying Hen; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749821331     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2006.1478     Document Type: Article

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