Effects of boron supplementation to diets deficient in calcium and phosphorus on performance with some serum, bone and fecal characteristics of broiler chickens

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 248-255

  Bozkurt, Mehmet ^a,b   Küçükyilmaz, Kamil ^b   Çath, Abdullah Uǧur ^b   Çinar, Mustafa ^b   Çabuk, Metin ^b   Bintaş, Erol ^b  

^a Erbeyli Poultry Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone; Boron; Broiler; Fecal excertion; Growth; Metabolic profile; Structure

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84857244370     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2011.11211     Document Type: Article

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