Dietary Threonine Responses in Growing Turkey Toms

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1550-1555

  Kidd, M T ^a,c   Ferket, P R ^b   Garlich, J D ^b  

^a Nutri Quest Inc   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Crude protein; Threonine; Turkey

Indexed keywords

THREONINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY (BIRD); WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THREONINE; TURKEYS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032184704     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.10.1550     Document Type: Article

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