Performance of broilers fed on diets containing different amounts of chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) leaf meal

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 257-269

  Sarmiento Franco, L ^a   McNab, J M ^b   Pearson, R A ^c   Belmar Casso, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caeca; Cheya; Chicken; Cnidoscolus aconitifolius; Food conversion; Gizzard; Growth rate; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; CHICKENS; EATING; EUPHORBIACEAE; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS;

AVES; CNIDOSCOLUS; CNIDOSCOLUS ACONITIFOLIUS; CNIDOSCOLUS CHAYAMANSA; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; CHICKEN; EATING; EUPHORBIA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 0035986642     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015238810447     Document Type: Article

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