Effects of Lactobacillus cultures on performance of laying hens, and total cholesterol, lipid and fatty acid composition of egg yolk

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 482-486

  Ramasamy, Kalavathy ^a   Abdullah, Norhani ^b   Jalaludin, Syed ^b   Wong, Michael ^c   Ho, Yin Wan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Hens; Lactobacillus; Lipid; Performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 59949105098     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3477     Document Type: Article

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