Threonine requirement of the grower Turkey tom

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 96-100

  Barbour, George W ^a,d   Farran, Mohamad T ^b   Lilburn, Michael S ^c  

^a Agriculture Research Institute   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LEBANESE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Grower turkey; Performance; Plasma amino acid; Threonine requirement

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PIERIS BRASSICAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 43249088652     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.45.96     Document Type: Article

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