Influence of added synthetic lysine in low-protein diets with the methionine plus cysteine to lysine ratio maintained at 0.75

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 174-182

  Liu, Z ^a,b   Wu, G ^a   Bryant, M M ^a   Roland Sr , D A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Layer; Lysine; Methionine; Protein; Ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944388992     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/14.1.174     Document Type: Review

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