Effect of Different Levels of Chromium Methionine Supplementation on Growth Performance, Meat Oxidative Stability and Ruminal Metabolites of Male Goat Kids

Subject Areas : Camel

A. Emami ¹ , A. Zali ² , M. Ganjkhanlou ³ , A. Hozhabri ⁴ , A. Akbari Afjani ⁵

1 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agronomy and Animal Science, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
2 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agronomy and Animal Science, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
3 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agronomy and Animal Science, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
4 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agronomy and Animal Science, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
5 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agronomy and Animal Science, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

Received: 2012-04-02 Accepted : 2012-07-06 Published : 2013-06-01

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