Growth, nutrient utilization and threonine requirement of growing chicken fed threonine limiting diets with commercial blends of phytogenic feed additives

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-304

  Muhl, Annabell ^a   Liebert, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Institute for Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition   (Germany)

Author keywords

Growing chicken; N balance; N utilization; Phytogenic feed additives; Threonine requirement

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM OLEORESIN; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34547591734     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.44.297     Document Type: Article

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