Application of the law of diminishing returns to estimate maintenance requirement for amino acids and their efficiency of utilization for accretion in young chicks

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-390

  Darmani Kuhi, H ^a   Kebreab, E ^b   Lopez, S ^c   France, J ^d  

^a ILAM UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Universidad de Len   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; DIET; ESTIMATION METHOD; NONLINEARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 69849113133     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: 14695146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859609008442     Document Type: Article

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