Effect of extra dietary vitamin E on preventing nutritional myopathy in broiler chickens

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 548-555

  Guetchom, B ^a   Venne, D ^b   Chenier S ^c   Chorfi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Couvoir Scott Ltée ^*  (Canada)

^c Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broiler; Creatine kinase; Dietary vitamin E; Nutritional myopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930474403     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/japr.2011-00440     Document Type: Article

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