Restriction of metabolizable energy in broiler growers and its impact on grower and breeder performance

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1258-1265

  Shyam Sunder, G ^a   Vijaya Kumar, Ch ^a   Panda, A K ^a   Raju, M V L N ^a   Rama Rao, S V ^a   Gopinath, N C S ^a   Reddy, M R ^a  

^a PROJECT DIRECTORATE ON POULTRY   (India)

Author keywords

Breeder performance; Broiler growers; Metabolizable energy; Restriction

Indexed keywords

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EID: 34548547356     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2007.1258     Document Type: Article

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