Effects of different levels of probiotic and prebiotic on performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2390-2395

  Falaki, Marzieh ^a   Shargh, Mahmood Shams ^a   Dastar, Behroz ^a   Zrehdaran, Saeed ^a  

^a Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resource   (Iran)

Author keywords

Broiler; Carcass traits; Feramcto; Performance; Primalac; Symbiotic

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958449140     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2010.2390.2395     Document Type: Article

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