Modelling of body mass increase and feed conversion ratio in chickens ROSS 208

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-22

  Novak P ^a   Zeman, L ^b   Kosar K ^c   Novak L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Body mass; Broiler chickens; Deterministic model; Feeding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CHICKEN; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENERGY; FEEDING; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HERD; MALE; MATURITY; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; SIMULATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 2942707638     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200473010017     Document Type: Article

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