The effects of coarse ground corn, whole sorghum, and a prebiotic on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and cecal microbial populations in broilers fed diets with and without corn distillers dried grains with solubles

Poultry Science

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2347-2357

  Jacobs, China ^a   Parsons, Carl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Corn distillers dried grains with solubles; Grain particle size; Nutrient digestibility

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84882568777     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02928     Document Type: Article

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