Replacement Value of Betaine for DL-Methionine in Male Broiler Chicks

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 321-325

  Schutte, J B ^a   De Jong, J ^a   Smink, W ^a   Pack, M ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Betaine; Breast meat; Broiler; DL methionine; Sulfur amino acids

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

BETAINE; METHIONINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEREOISOMERISM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BETAINE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHICKENS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; MALE; MEAT; METHIONINE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STEREOISOMERISM; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031067382     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.2.321     Document Type: Article

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