Dietary Berberis vulgaris extract enhances intestinal mucosa morphology in the broiler chicken (Gallus gallus)

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 611-615

  Yazdani, A ^a   Poorbaghi, S L ^a   Habibi, H ^a   Nazifi, S ^a   Rahmani Far, F ^a   Sepehrimanesh, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Berberis vulgaris; Broiler chickens; Morphometric analysis; Water extract

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879845253     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-012-1454-1     Document Type: Article

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