Influences of feeding conventional and semisynthetic diets and transport of broilers on weight gain, digestive tract mass, and plasma hormone and metabolite concentrations

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1652-1659

  Nijdam, E ^a   Lambooij, E ^b   Nabuurs, M J A ^b   Decuypere, E ^c   Stegeman, J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Broiler; Diet; Digestive tract mass; Plasma hormone and metabolite concentration; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748614567     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.9.1652     Document Type: Article

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