An Evaluation of Threonine Requirements of Young Turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1020-1023

  Waldroup, P W ^a   England, J A ^a   Kidd, M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Nutri Quest Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Threonine; Turkey

Indexed keywords

THREONINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CEREAL; DIET; MAIZE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PEANUT; PHYSIOLOGY; SOYBEAN; TURKEY (BIRD); WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CEREALS; DIET; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SOYBEANS; THREONINE; TURKEYS; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032111953     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.7.1020     Document Type: Review

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