Effect of probiotics, prebiotics and herb oil on performance and metabolic parameters of broiler chickens

Medycyna Weterynaryjna

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-297

  Mátéová, Silvia ^a   Šály, Jan ^a   Tučková, Marta ^a   Koščová, Jana ^b   Nemcová, Radomíra ^b   Gaálová, Monika ^a   Baranová, Darina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine Slovakia   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Broiler chicken; Potentiated probiotic; Prebiotic; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 41149180616     PISSN: 00258628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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