Nutritional strategies to maintain efficiency and production of chickens under high environmental temperature

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-154

  Mujahid, Ahmad ^a  

^a Sumitomo Chemical Enviro Agro Asia Pacific   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Nutrition; Oxidative damage; Oxidative stress; UCP

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79961016305     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.010115     Document Type: Review

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