Maintenance threonine requirement and efficiency of its use for accretion of whole-body threonine and protein in young chicks

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-119

  Edwards III, Hardy M ^a   Baker, David H ^a   Fernandez, Sergio R ^b   Parsons, Carl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SA de CV   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Broiler chicks; Threonine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CYSTINE; ENERGY INTAKE; GLYCINE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PROLINE; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERINE; THREONINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030740571     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970123     Document Type: Article

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