Phenylalanine requirement, imbalance, and dietary excess in one-week-old chicks: Growth and phenylalanine hydroxylase activity

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 291-297

  Lartey, F M ^a   Austic, R E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Imbalance; Phenylalanine hydroxylase; Phenylalanine requirement; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849126322     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00268     Document Type: Article

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