Digestible lysine requirements of male turkeys during the 12 to 18 week period

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-233

  Baker, K ^a   Firman, J D ^a   Blair, E ^a   Brown, J ^a   Moore, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Ideal protein; Lysine; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845748421     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2003.229.233     Document Type: Article

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