Effect of Altering the Early Dietary Protein Level on Males from Two Strains of Commercial Turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1334-1344

  Noble, D O ^a   Muir, F V ^a   Krueger, K K ^b   Nestor, K E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cuddy Farms Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Dietary protein; Genetic strains; Growth; Male turkey

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EATING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEG; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TURKEY (BIRD); WALKING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; LEG; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TURKEYS; WALKING;

EID: 0030279029     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0751334     Document Type: Article

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