The effect of feed withdrawal on broiler blood glucose and nonesterified fatty acid levels, postmortem liver ph values, and carcass yield

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 569-573

  Van Der Wal, P G ^a   Reimert, H G M ^a   Goedhart, H A ^a   Engel, B ^a   Uijttenboogaart, T G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Feed withdrawal; Liver pH; Nonesterified fatty acid; Yield

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHICKENS; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIVER; MALE; MEAT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033113191     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.4.569     Document Type: Article

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