L-carnitine and its functional effects in poultry nutrition

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-296

  Golzar Adabi, Sh ^a   Cooper, R G ^b   Ceylan, N ^a   Corduk, M ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Physiologist   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antioxidation; chicken; fertility; immune response; L carnitine; performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960267571     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: 17434777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043933911000304     Document Type: Review

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