Effect of dietary inulin supplements on growth performance and intestinal immunological parameters of broiler chickens

Livestock Science

Volumn 180, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-176

  Huang, Qianqian ^a   Wei, Yinan ^a   Lv, Yajun ^a   Wang, Yuxi ^b   Hu, Tianming ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broilers; Growth; Intestinal immune function; Inulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941933116     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2015.07.015     Document Type: Article

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