Atmospheric ammonia is detrimental to the performance of modern commercial broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1650-1654

  Miles, D M ^a,c   Branton, S L ^a   Lott, B D ^b  

^a POULTRY RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b Poultry Science Extension   (United States)

^c USDA ARS Waste Management and Forage Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Body weight; Broiler; Performance; Yield

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

AMMONIA;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH DISORDER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH DISORDERS; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 16544394287     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.10.1650     Document Type: Article

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