Can betaine partially replace or enhance the effect of methionine by improving broiler growth and carcase characteristics?

British Poultry Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 473-480

  McDevitt, R M ^a   Mack, S ^b   Wallis, I R ^a,c  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETAINE; CYSTEINE; METHIONINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EATING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BETAINE; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CYSTEINE; EATING; MALE; METHIONINE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034264294     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713654957     Document Type: Article

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