Dietary balanced protein in broiler chickens. 1. A flexible and practical tool to predict dose-response curves

British Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 300-309

  Eits, R M ^a,d   Kwakkel, R P ^b   Verstegen, M W A ^b   Den Hartog, L A ^c  

^a Nutreco Poultry and Rabbit Research Centre   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Nutreco Agric R and D   (Netherlands)

^d Nutreco Poultry and Rabbit Research Centre   (Netherlands)

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GALLUS GALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 21044439267     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500126656     Document Type: Article

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