Effect of dietary Aspergillus meal prebiotic on growth performance, carcass characteristics, nutrient digestibility, and serum lipid profile in broiler chick low-protein diets

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 602-610

  Amirdahri, Saeid ^a   Janmohammadi, Hossein ^a   Taghizadeh, Akbar ^a   Rafat, Abbas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Broiler; Ileal digestibility; Performance; Prebiotic

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84871544185     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: 13036181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/vet-1102-787     Document Type: Article

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