Effect of Dietary Methionine Intake on Egg Component Yield and Composition

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1080-1085

  Shafer, D J ^a   Carey, J B ^a   Prochaska, J F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Component; Egg; Methionine; Protein; Yield

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EGG; FEMALE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIET; EGGS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; METHIONINE; OVULATION;

EID: 0030229828     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0751080     Document Type: Article

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