Variations in the digestible lysine requirement of broiler chickens due to sex, performance parameters, rearing environment, and processing yield characteristics

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 498-504

  Garcia, A R ^a   Batal, A B ^a   Baker, D H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Digestible lysine requirement; Growth performance; Rearing environment; Sex

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

LYSINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIET; FEMALE; LYSINE; MALE; MEAT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33646933536     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.3.498     Document Type: Article

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