L-carnitine improves egg production in black neck ostriches

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1341-1344

  Hajibabaei, A ^a   Shivazad, M ^b   Adabi, Sh Golzar ^c   Lavaf, A ^a   Eila, N ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c Jahad Keshavarzi Organisation ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; EGG PRODUCTION; EGGSHELL; FATTY ACID; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

AVES; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 51649100192     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA08132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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