The use of diets containing high levels of zinc for controlling early growth in female broiler chicks

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 547-550

  Bartov, I ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Dietary zinc; Early growth depression; Feed restriction; Female broiler chicks

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SODIUM RESTRICTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIET; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC;

EID: 0030122258     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750547     Document Type: Article

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