Growth, Feed Intake, and Plasma Thyroid Hormone Levels in Chicks Fed Dietary Excesses of Essential Amino Acids

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-298

  Carew, L B ^a   Evarts, K G ^a,b   Alster, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential amino acids; Growth; Thyroxine; Toxicity; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EATING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; MALE; THYROID HORMONES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031989008     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.2.295     Document Type: Article

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