Growth, carcass quality and serum constituents of slow growing chicks as affected by betaine addition to diets containing 1. Different levels of choline

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 840-850

  Hassan, R A ^a   Attia, Y A ^b   El Ganzory, E H ^a  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b DAMANHOUR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Betaine; Choline; Growth performance; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949086411     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2005.840.850     Document Type: Article

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