Diphasic Allometric Growth of Some Skeletal Bones and the Digestive Tract in White Leghorn Pullets Consuming Ad Libitum and Restricted Diets

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 826-833

  Kwakkel, R P ^a   Hof, G ^a   Zandstra, T ^a   Ducro, B J ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dietary restrictions; Diphasic allometry; Growth; Organs; Pullet

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHICKEN; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHICKENS; DIET; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GIZZARD; INTESTINES;

EID: 0032092652     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.6.826     Document Type: Article

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