The use of refused tea as litter material for broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 968-972

  Atapattu, N S B M ^a   Wickramasinghe, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Litter; Paddy husk; Refused tea

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHICKENS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PLANT LEAVES; TEA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34250218224     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.5.968     Document Type: Article

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