Intestinal growth and function of broiler chicks fed sorghum based diets differing in condensed tannin levels

South African Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-214

  Nyamambi, B ^a   Ndlovu, L R ^a,b   Naik, Y S ^a,b   Kock, N D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Goblet cell density; Intestinal adaptation; Sorghum; Villus height

Indexed keywords

AVES; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 36248943034     PISSN: 03751589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/sajas.v37i3.4092     Document Type: Article

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