Digestible Sulfur Amino Acid Requirement of Starting Turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 873-877

  Boling, S D ^a   Firman, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestible amino acids; Growth performance; Sulfur amino acids; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; ZEA MAYS;

LYSINE; METHIONINE; SULFUR AMINO ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SOYBEAN; STANDARD; TURKEY (BIRD); WEIGHT GAIN;

AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOYBEANS; TURKEYS; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031156505     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.6.873     Document Type: Article

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