Threonine need of growing female broilers

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 367-371

  Corzo, A ^a   Kidd, M T ^a   Kerr, B J ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Carcass composition; Live performance; Threonine

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444379070     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2003.367.371     Document Type: Article

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