Effects of whole wheat with or without xylanase supplementation on performance of layers and digestive organ development;Effetti del frumento integrale con o senza supplemento di xylanase sulle performance produttive e sullo svilupp o dell'apparato digerente di galline ovaiole

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-163

  Senkoylu, Nizamettin ^a   Samli, Hasan Ersin ^a   Akyurek, Hasan ^a   Okur, Aylin Agma ^a   Kanter, Mehmet ^b  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gut histomorphology; Layers; Viscosity; Whole wheat; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

AVES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 68449096266     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2009.155     Document Type: Article

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