Moderate Excess of Dietary Protein Increases Breast Meat Yield of Broiler Chicks

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 680-688

  Bartov, I ^a   Plavnik, I ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat pad; Age; Broiler chick; Carcass and breast yield; Dietary energy to protein ratio

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHICKEN; EATING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; THORAX; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; MALE; MEAT; THORAX; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032068726     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.5.680     Document Type: Article

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