Effect of different levels of dietary vitamin E (DL-α-tocopherol acetate) on the occurrence of various degrees of white striping on broiler breast fillets

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3230-3235

  Kuttappan, V A ^a   Goodgame, S D ^a   Bradley, C D ^a   Mauromoustakos, A ^a   Hargis, B M ^a   Waldroup, P W ^a   Owens, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler breast; Muscular dystrophy; Tocopherol; Vitamin e; White striping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869846251     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02397     Document Type: Article

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