Nutritional factors affecting abdominal fat deposition in poultry: A review

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1057-1068

  Fouad, A M ^a   El Senousey, H K ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Abdominal Fat Content; Lipogenesis; Lipolysis; Nutritional Factors; Poultry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903268890     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: 19765517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2013.13702     Document Type: Article

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