Studies on the effect of age and caecectomy on amino acid excretion and digestibility in laying hens

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Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 241-246

  Rezvani, M ^a   Kluth, H ^b   Woitow, G ^b   Rodehutscord, M ^b,c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Agrar und Ernahrungswissenschaften   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Amino acids; Caecectomy; Digestibility; Laying hen

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149094957     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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