Maximum Profit Feed Formulation of Broilers: 1. Development of a Feeding Program Model to Predict Profitability Using non Linear Programming

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-215

  Cerrate, Sandro ^a   Waldroup, Park ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Broilers feed; Least cost feed formulation; Maximum profit programming

Indexed keywords

AVES; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67649378820     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2009.205.215     Document Type: Article

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