Evaluation of National Research Council Amino Acid Recommendations for Large White Turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 711-720

  Waldroup, P W ^a   Adams, M H ^a   Waldroup, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid requirements; Breast meat yield; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

AMINO ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; ORGANIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED STATES;

AGING; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.); NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TEMPERATURE; TURKEYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031136841     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.5.711     Document Type: Review

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