Chitin utilisation by broilers and its effect on body composition and blood metabolites

British Poultry Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Hossain, S M ^a,b   Blair, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Xenon Genetics Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CHITIN; CHOLESTEROL; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33847194642     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660601156529     Document Type: Article

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