Interactive effects of dietary betaine and saline water on carcass traits of broiler chicks

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1208-1214

  Honarbakhsh, Shirin ^a   Zaghari, Mojtaba ^a   Shivazad, Mahmood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Betaine; Carcass characteristics; Growth performance; Male; Saline stress

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST; CARCASS; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GROWTH RATE; HEART; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OSMOTIC STRESS; SALINITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVES;

EID: 36048935951     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2007.1208.1214     Document Type: Article

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