Feeding broiler breeder males. 1. Effect of feeding program and dietary crude protein during rearing on body weight and fertility of broiler breeder males

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 168-174

  Romero Sanchez, H ^a   Plumstead, P W ^b   Brake, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler breeder; Crude protein; Feeding program; Fertility

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 33845871243     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.1.168     Document Type: Article

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