Dietary Arginine:Lysine Ratio and Methionine Activity at Elevated Environmental Temperatures

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Balnave, Derick ^a   Hayat, Javed ^a   Brake, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 hydroxy 4 (methylthio) butanoic acid; Alimet; Arginine:lysine ratio; Broilers; DL methionine; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 0002847510     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/8.1.1     Document Type: Article

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