Responses of broilers to sodium bicarbonate supplementation of diets containing varying arginine: Lysine ratios

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 425-430

  Balnave, D ^a   Brake, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food intake; Plasma amino acids; Temperature; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0032961009     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/A98121     Document Type: Article

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