Incidence of the most common toxigenic Aspergillus species in broiler feeds in Kermanshah province, west of Iran

Global Veterinaria

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-77

  Azarakhsh, Yousef ^a   Sabokbar, Azar ^b   Bayat, Mansour ^c  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Broiler farms; Kermanshah province; Poultry feed

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 79960795834     PISSN: 19926197     EISSN: 19998163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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