Threonine Requirements of Laying Hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 998-1002

  Ishibashi, T ^a   Ogawa, Y ^a   Itoh, T ^a   Fujimura, S ^a   Koide, K ^a   Watanabe, R ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Layer; Plasma threonine; Threonine requirement

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; THREONINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OVIPOSITION; THREONINE;

EID: 0032113407     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.7.998     Document Type: Article

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