The chlorococcalean alga Chlorella in animal nutrition: a review

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2173-2180

  Kotrbáček, Václav ^a   Doubek, Jaroslav ^a   Doucha, Jiří ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Chlorophyta; Economy aspects; Feed supplement; Health effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945435986     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-014-0516-y     Document Type: Review

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