Online growth control as an advance in broiler farm management

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 439-443

  Cangar, O ^a   Aerts, J M ^a   Vranken, E ^a   Berckmans, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Broiler growth; Growth trajectory; Model based control

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34250335132     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.3.439     Document Type: Article

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