Effect of antibiotic and its alternatives on morphometric characteristics, mineral content and bone strength of tibia in ross broiler chickens

Global Veterinaria

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-322

  Ziaie, Hojjat ^a   Bashtani, M ^b   Torshizi, M A Karimi ^c   Naeeimipour, H ^b   Farhangfar, H ^a   Zeinali, A ^d  

^a Research Center of Agriculture and Natural Resource   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic Alternatives; Bone Index; Chicken

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 80555157535     PISSN: 19926197     EISSN: 19998163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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