Administration of triiodothyronine and dopamine to broiler chicks increases growth, feed conversion and visceral organ mass

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 285-293

  Chang, S C ^a,b   Lin, M J ^a,b   Croom, J ^c   Fan, Y K ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Dopamine; Growth; Triiodothyronine; Visceral organs

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

DOPAMINE; LIOTHYRONINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; ILEUM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JEJUNUM; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; VISCERA;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DOPAMINE; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GIZZARD; HEART; ILEUM; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; JEJUNUM; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; VISCERA;

EID: 0037318011     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.2.285     Document Type: Article

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