Effects of Added Lard Fed to Broiler Chickens during the Starter Phase. 1. Body and Selected Organ Weights, Feed Conversion, Hematology, and Serum Glucose

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1641-1647

  Peebles, E David ^a   Cheaney, J D ^a   Brake, J D ^a,c   Boyle, Carolyn R ^b   Latour, Mickey A ^a,d   McDaniel, C D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Chick; Dietary fat; Feed conversion; Lard

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

LARD; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; DIET; DIGESTION; DRUG EFFECT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PANCREAS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPLEEN; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEMATOCRIT; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PANCREAS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPLEEN; TESTIS;

EID: 0031309685     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.12.1641     Document Type: Article

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