Performance and Carcass Composition of Large White Toms as Affected by Dietary Crude Protein and Threonine Supplements

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1392-1397

  Kidd, M T ^a   Kerr, B J ^a   England, J A ^b   Waldroup, P W ^b  

^a Nutri Quest Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast meat; Dietary protein; Growth; Threonine; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

LYSINE; METHIONINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; TURKEY (BIRD); WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; LYSINE; MALE; METHIONINE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TURKEYS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031241208     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.10.1392     Document Type: Article

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