Effect of dietary acidification on some blood parameters and weekly performance of broiler chickens

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 9, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3092-3097

  Nourmohammadi, Rouhollah ^a   Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Farhangfar, Homayoun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood parameters; Broiler; Citric acid; Conversion; Dietary effect; Weekly performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650711792     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2010.3092.3097     Document Type: Article

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