Effects of hot environment and dietary protein level on growth performance and meat quality of broiler chickens

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1616-1623

  Gu, X H ^a   Li, S S ^a   Lin, H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Broiler; Dietary protein level; Hot environment; Meat quality; Performance

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 59549104248     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2008.70395     Document Type: Article

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