The effect of altering the dietary arginine to lysine ratio on the breast meat yield of broiler chickens at moderate and high temperatures

Australian Journal of Agriculture Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 709-714

  Gorman, I ^a   Balnave, D ^a   Brake, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Broilers; Lysine; Temperature

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030991325     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/A96085     Document Type: Article

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