Effects of supplementary dietary L-carnitine on performance and egg quality of laying hens fed diets different in fat level

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-15

  Ghods Alavi, Behrouz ^a   Samie, Hossein ^a   Jahanian, Rahman ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dietary fat; Egg albumen quality; Egg cholesterol and triglycerides; L carnitine; Laying hens

Indexed keywords

AVES; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84856069088     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2010.e3     Document Type: Article

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