Dietary inclusion of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotic and evaluating performance of laying hens

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-255

  Zarei, Mohammad ^a   Ehsani, Mohammad ^b   Torki, Mehran ^c  

^a Aligodarz Branch   (Iran)

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Diacritical counts; Egg mass (EM) feed conversion ratio (FCR); Egg production (EP); Egg weight (EW); Eggs quality; Experimental diets; Feed intake (FI); Intestinal microflora; Laying hens; Probiotics; Significant effect; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960234792     PISSN: 15574989     EISSN: 15574997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajabssp.2011.249.255     Document Type: Article

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