Lysine requirement of broiler chickens fed low-density diets under tropical conditions

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 939-943

  Aftab, Usama ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a   Mumtaz, Abdul Samad ^a   Jiang, Zhirong ^a,b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Ajinomoto Co (Thailand) Ltd   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Broilers; Heat stress; Lysine requirement; Nutrient density

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 34249898380     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2007.939     Document Type: Article

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