Studies on the energy content of pigeon feeds I. Determination of digestibility and metabolizable energy content

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1757-1762

  Hullar, I ^a   Meleg, I ^b   Fekete, S ^a   Romvari, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Energy; Feed; Pigeon; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS; HELIANTHUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LENS CULINARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COLUMBIDAE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE;

EID: 0033257734     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.12.1757     Document Type: Article

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