The vitamin D3 requirement of broiler breeders

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 674-692

  Atencio, A ^a   Edwards Jr , H M ^a   Pesti, G M ^a   Ware, G O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler breeder; Requirement; Vitamin D3

Indexed keywords

AVES;

COLECALCIFEROL;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 33646917480     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.4.674     Document Type: Article

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