Interaction between ambient temperature and supplementation of synthetic amino acids on performance and carcass parameters in commercial male turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1472-1477

  Veldkamp, T ^a   Ferket, P R ^b   Kwakkel, R P ^c   Nixey, C ^d   Noordhuizen, J P T M ^e  

^a Centre for Applied Poultry Research   (Netherlands)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d British United Turkeys Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Carcass yield; Performance; Temperature; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

AMINO ACID; LYSINE; METHIONINE; THREONINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EATING; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY (BIRD); WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EATING; LYSINE; MALE; MEAT; METHIONINE; TEMPERATURE; THREONINE; TURKEYS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034303252     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.10.1472     Document Type: Article

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