Response of Two Strains of Large White Male Turkeys to Amino Acid Levels When Diets Are Changed at Three- or Four-Week Intervals

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1543-1555

  Waldroup, P W ^a   England, J A ^a   Waldroup, A L ^a   Anthony, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Requirements; Strain differences; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; TIME; TURKEY (BIRD); WEIGHT GAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS; TURKEYS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031267323     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.11.1543     Document Type: Article

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