Limitations to wheat starch digestion in growing broiler chickens: A brief review

Animal Production Science

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 583-589

  Svihus, Birger ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DIGESTIBILITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; POULTRY; PROTEIN; SECRETION; STARCH; WHEAT; YOUNG POPULATION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79959780209     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN10271     Document Type: Review

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