Selenium supplementation affects broiler growth performance, meat yield and feather coverage

British Poultry Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 677-683

  Choct, M ^a   Naylor, A J ^a,b   Reinke, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b ALLTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEATHER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH FOOD; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TESTIS; WEIGHT GAIN; YEAST;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEATHERS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEALTH FOOD; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE; TESTIS; WEIGHT GAIN; YEASTS;

AVES;

EID: 9944249211     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660400006495     Document Type: Article

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