Predicting metabolizable energy of normal corn from its chemical composition in adult Pekin ducks

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1603-1608

  Zhao, F ^a   Zhang, H F ^a   Hou, S S ^a   Zhang, Z Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Corn; Duck; Metabolizable energy; Prediction model

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 49449107513     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00494     Document Type: Article

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