Yellow mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor, L.) as a possible alternative to soybean meal in broiler diets

British Poultry Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 569-575

  Bovera, F ^a   Piccolo, G ^a   Gasco, L ^b   Marono, S ^a   Loponte, R ^a   Vassalotti, G ^a   Mastellone, V ^a   Lombardi, P ^a   Attia, Y A ^c   Nizza, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOYBEAN; TENEBRIO; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHICKENS; DIET; LARVA; MALE; SOYBEANS; TENEBRIO;

EID: 84945477218     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2015.1080815     Document Type: Article

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