Effect of prebiotic, probiotic and g-probiotic SPL® on certain haematological parameters in broiler chickens

Veterinary World

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 344-346

  Nyamagonda, Hanamanta ^a   Narayana Swamy, M ^a   Veena, T ^a   Narayana Swamy, H D ^a,b   Jayakumar, K ^a,b  

^a VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Veterinary Pathology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Broiler chickens; Hematology; Prebiotic; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878214826     PISSN: 09728988     EISSN: 22310916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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