Response of broiler chickens fed on maize-based diets substituted with graded levels of sweet potato meal

Asian Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-22

  Afolayan, S B ^a   Dafwang, I I ^a   Tegbe, T S B ^b   Sekoni, A ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Broiler chicken; Diets; Sweet potato meal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864826568     PISSN: 18193609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajpsaj.2012.15.22     Document Type: Article

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