Growth responses of broiler chicks to different levels of threonine and tryptophan in chemically-defined diets

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-313

  Blair, Robert ^a   Chong, Chen H ^a,b   Hossain, Sazzad M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ALLTECH INC   (United States)

^c Xenon Genetics Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broiler; Chick; Ideal protein; Threonine; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

AVES; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 34547592355     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.44.305     Document Type: Article

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