Growth performance and meat quality of broiler chickens supplemented with bacillus licheniformis in drinking water

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 682-689

  Liu, Xiaolu ^a   Yan, Hai ^a   Lv, Le ^a   Xu, Qianqian ^a   Yin, Chunhua ^a   Zhang, Keyi ^a   Wang, Pei ^a   Hu, Jiye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Growth performance; Meat quality; Poultry; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84860874443     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2011.11334     Document Type: Article

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