The role of selenium in chicken physiology: New insights

Chickens: Physiology, Diseases and Farming Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 51-70

  Pappas, A C ^a   Zoidis, E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Broiler; Chicken; Egg; Embryo; Hatchability; Health; Meat; Nutrition; Physiology; Selenium; Selenoproteins; Semen

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EID: 84892862439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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