A review of the capacity for nutritional strategies to address environmental challenges in poultry production

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1929-1938

  Powers, W ^a   Angel, R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Nutrient excretion; Phosphorus; Poultry production

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349118930     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00090     Document Type: Review

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