The potential to reduce poultry nitrogen emissions with dietary methionine or methionine analogues supplementation

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Kim, W K ^a,b   Froelich Jr , C A ^a,c   Patterson, P H ^d   Ricke, S C ^a,e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Methionine; Methionine analogues; Nitrogen emissions; Poultry; Rapid assays

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746267340     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/WPS2005103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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