Productive performance and immune response of laying hens as affected by dietary propolis supplementation

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 272-278

  Galal, A ^a   Abd El Motaal, A M ^b   Ahmed, A M H ^a   Zaki, T G ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Laying hens; Performance and immunocompetence; Propolis

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 45749142900     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2008.272.278     Document Type: Article

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