Metabolic studies on lean and fat Pekin ducks selected for breast muscle thickness measured by ultrasound scanning

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 585-591

  Farhat, A ^a   Chavezc, E R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood chemistry; Carcass; Lean and fat ducks; Nitrogen retention; True metabolizable energy

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUCK; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DUCKS; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN; PROTEINS; TRIGLYCERIDES; URIC ACID;

EID: 0035348905     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.5.585     Document Type: Article

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