Role of dietary calcium and available phosphorus in the aetiology of tibial dyschondroplasia in growing turkeys

British Poultry Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 432-441

  Hocking, P M ^a   Wilson, S ^a   Dick, L ^a   Dunn, L N ^a   Robertson, G W ^a   Nixey, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b British United Turkeys Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHATE INTAKE; PREVALENCE; TIBIA; TORSION; TURKEY (BIRD);

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS, DIETARY; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; TIBIA; TORSION; TURKEYS;

EID: 0036652159     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120103729     Document Type: Article

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