Comparison of corn-based and Canadian pearl millet-based diets on performance, digestibility, villus morphology, and digestive microbial populations in broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 579-586

  Baurhoo, N ^a   Baurhoo, B ^a   Mustafa, A F ^a   Zhao, X ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broiler; Digestibility; Nonstarch polysaccharide; Pearl millet; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951761461     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-00954     Document Type: Article

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