Threonine requirements of broiler chickens: Why do published values differ?

British Poultry Science

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 610-615

  Barkley, G R ^a,b   Wallis, I R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THREONINE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; THREONINE;

EID: 0035756692     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120088425     Document Type: Article

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