Performance response of lactating and growing rabbits to dietary threonine content

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 151-160

  De Blas, J C ^a   Taboada, E ^b   Nicodemus, N ^a   Campos, R ^a   Piquer, J ^a   Mendez J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Technical Department of COREN SCL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Growth; Rabbits; Reproduction; Threonine digestibility; Threonine requirements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040032675     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(97)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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