Comparison of food intake, body weight gain and food conversion efficiency on broiler starter diets formulated on metabolisable and net energy

British Poultry Science

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Magleod, M G ^a   Bernard, K ^a   Mcneill, L ^a   Knox, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033254136     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (3)

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2. MACLEOD, M.G. (1994) Dietary energy utilisation: prediction by computer simulation of energy metabolism, in: AGUILERA, J. (Ed) Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Energy Metabolism of Farm Animals, Mojacar, Spain, pp. 237-240.
3. MACLEOD, M.G. (1997) Dietary energy utilisation: sensitivity of a net energy model to varying estimates of food intake, maintenance requirement and protein deposition, in: MCCRACKEN, K., UNSWORTH, E.F. & WYLIE, A.R.G. (Eds) The Energy Metabolism of Farm Animals. Proceedings of the 14th EAAP Symposium on the Energy Metabolism of Farm Animals, pp. 323-326, (Newcastle, County Down).