Growth performance, meat yield, and economic responses of broilers fed diets varying in metabolizable energy from thirty to fifty-nine days of age

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-382

  Dozier III, W A ^a   Price, C J ^b   Kidd, M T ^c   Corzo, A ^c   Anderson, J ^c   Branton, S L ^a  

^a POULTRY RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b Sanderson Farms Inc   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Dietary energy; Feeding regimen; Metabolizable energy; Nutrient density; Temperature

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33750321802     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/15.3.367     Document Type: Article

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