The effects of fructo-oligosaccharides or whole wheat on the performance and digestive tract of broiler chickens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-339

  Williams, J ^a   Mallet, S ^a   Leconte, M ^a   Lessire, M ^a   Gabriel, I ^a  

^a STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; FRUCTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FRUCTOSE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INTESTINE, SMALL; MEAT; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 45849114032     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660802123351     Document Type: Article

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