Application of the law of diminishing returns to describing the relationship between metabolizable energy intake and growth rate in broilers

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 661-670

  Darmani Kuhi, H ^a   Kebreab, E ^a   Owen, E ^a   France, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broilers; Growth rate; Metabolizable energy intake; Monomolecular equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035562773     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/68018/2001     Document Type: Article

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