Relationship between Feed Withdrawal and Viscera Condition of Broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 410-414

  Northcutt, J K ^a   Savage, S I ^b   Vest, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler quality; Feed withdrawal; Gastrointestinal tract; Liver color

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AVIAN CROP; AVIAN STOMACH; BILE; CHICKEN; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INTESTINE; MEAT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; TIME; VISCERA;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BILE; CHICKENS; CROP, AVIAN; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GIZZARD; INTESTINES; MEAT; TIME FACTORS; VISCERA;

EID: 0031066015     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.2.410     Document Type: Article

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