Application of meal feeding and skip-a-day feeding with or without probiotics for broiler chickens grown at high-altitude to prevent ascites mortality

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Saffar, Ali ^a   Khajali, Fariborz ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Broiler; Feed restriction; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 76149105218     PISSN: 15574555     EISSN: 15574563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajavsp.2010.13.19     Document Type: Article

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