Influence of citric acid and microbial phytase on growth performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 282-288

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance (ANOVA); Body weight gain (BWG); Citric acid (CA); Economical efficiency (EE); Feed intake (FI); Microbial phytase (MP); Performance and broiler; Phosphorus (P); Phytase efficiency; Randomized complete block design (RCBD); Relative economical efficiency (REE)

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960235302     PISSN: 15574555     EISSN: 15574563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajavsp.2010.282.288     Document Type: Article

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