Responses of Meat-Type Chickens to Choice Feeding of Diets Differing in Protein and Energy from Hatch to Market Weight

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1183-1192

  Siegel, P B ^a   Picard, M ^a,b   Nir, I ^a   Dunnington, E A ^a   Willemsen, M H A ^a   Williams, P E V ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^c SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Body weight; Chicken; Feed efficiency; Feeding behavior; Protein energy

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHICKEN; DIET; EATING; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; STANDARD; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MEAT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031227793     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.9.1183     Document Type: Article

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