Effect of low-protein diets having constant energy-to-protein ratio on performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens from one to thirty-five days of age

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 468-474

  Kamran, Z ^a   Sarwar, M ^a   Nisa, M ^a   Nadeem, M A ^b   Mahmood, S ^a   Babar, M E ^c   Ahmed, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Broiler performance; Carcass characteristic; Energy:protein ratio; Low protein diet

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 40949083584     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00180     Document Type: Article

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