The effects of different growth promoters on performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2633-2639

  Mokhtari, Razieh ^a   Yazdani, Ahmad Reza ^a   Rezaei, Mansour ^a   Ghorbani, Behnam ^a  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Growth promotors; Phytobiotic; Prebiotic; Probiotic; Symbiotic

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649739862     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2010.2633.2639     Document Type: Article

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