A comparison of natural (D-α-tocopherol) and synthetic (DL-α-tocopherol acetate) Vitamin E supplementation on the growth performance, meat quality and oxidative status of broilers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 681-688

  Cheng, K ^a   Niu, Y ^a   Zheng, X C ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Chen, Y P ^a   Zhang, M ^b   Huang, X X ^b   Zhang, L L ^a   Zhou, Y M ^a   Wang, T ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Wilmar Spring Fruit Nutrition Products Co   (China)

Author keywords

Broiler; D tocopherol; Dl tocopherol acetate; Meat quality; Oxidative status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964598948     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: 19765517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.15.0819     Document Type: Article

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