Effects of ascorbic acid and lighting schedule on tibiotarsus strength and bone characteristics in broilers

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Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 432-444

  Yildiz, Huseyin ^a   Gunes, Nazmiye ^a   Gezen, S Sule ^a   Ozcan, Resat ^a   Petek, Metin ^a   Yilmaz, Bestami ^b   Arican, Ilker ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Ash; Breaking force; Broiler; Lighting; Tibiotarsus

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349099556     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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