Effect of synbiotic supplementation on growth performance, blood metabolites, insulin and testosterone and wool traits of growing lambs

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 292-298

  Abdel Salam, A M ^a   Zeitoun, M M ^a   Abdelsalam, M M ^a  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Growing lambs; Growth performance; Synbiotic supplementation; Wool traits

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLOBULIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FERMENTED PRODUCT; GENETIC TRAIT; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; WOOL;

EID: 84896483881     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2014.292.298     Document Type: Article

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