Effects of energy and protein supplementation on the production and economic efficiency of scavenging improved (Tamhoang) and local (Ri) breed hens under smallholder conditions in North Vietnam

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 703-714

  Minh, Do Viet ^a   Ly, Le Viet ^a   Ogle, B ^b  

^a National Institute of Animal Husbandry Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

egg production; local breed; scavenging; supplementation; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CHICKEN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMICS; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; VIET NAM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHICKENS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EGGS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OVIPOSITION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VIETNAM;

AVES; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4644266212     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000042851.88864.a4     Document Type: Article

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