Examination of the Dietary Methionine Requirements of Breeding Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 991-997

  Dabbert, C B ^a   Lochmiller, R L ^a   Waldroup, P W ^b   Teeter, R G ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Immunocompetence; Methionine; Northern bobwhite; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PHASIANIDAE;

METHIONINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COLINUS; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COLINUS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGGS; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; METHIONINE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 0030210704     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750991     Document Type: Article

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