Effects of supplemental dietary phytase and 25-hydroxycholecalciferol on the performance characteristics of commercial layers inoculated before or at the onset of lay with the F-strain of Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 598-601

  Peebles, E D ^a   Branton, S L ^b   Burnham, M R ^a   Whitmarsh, S K ^a   Gerard, P D ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POULTRY RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

25 hydroxycholecalciferol; F strain Mycoplasma gallisepticum; Inoculation; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; Phytase

Indexed keywords

MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

EID: 40949144145     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00367     Document Type: Article

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