Effects of ambient temperature, arginine-to-lysine ratio, and electrolyte balance on performance, carcass, and blood parameters in commercial male turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1608-1616

  Veldkamp, T ^a   Kwakkel, R P ^b   Ferket, P R ^c   Simons, P C M ^a   Noordhuizen, J P T M ^d   Pijpers, A ^d  

^a Centre for Applied Poultry Research   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arginine to lysine ratio; Electrolyte balance; Temperature; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ELECTROLYTE; LYSINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY (BIRD); WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ARGININE; ELECTROLYTES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LYSINE; MALE; MEAT; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; TURKEYS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034328275     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.11.1608     Document Type: Article

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