Effects of dietary alternatives (probiotic, green tea powder, and Kombucha tea) as antimicrobial growth promoters on growth, ileal nutrient digestibility, blood parameters, and immune response of broiler chickens

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 717-724

  Afsharmanesh, M ^a   Sadaghi, B ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Broiler; Digestibility; Green tea powder; Kombucha tea; Morphometric; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900470729     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-013-1676-x     Document Type: Article

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