Influence of the main cereal and feed form of the rearing phase diets on performance, digestive tract, and body traits of brown-egg laying pullets from hatch to 17 weeks of age1

Poultry Science

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2650-2661

  Saldana B ^a   Guzmaan P ^a   Safaa, H M ^a,b   Harzalli, R ^a   Mateos, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Corn; Crumbles; Gastrointestinal tract development; Mash; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VETERINARY; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENZYMES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84948467973     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps/pev240     Document Type: Article

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