Effects of the addition of roller mill ground corn to pelleted feed during a fifty-six-day production period on growth performance and processing yields of broiler chickens

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 310-317

  Dozier III, W A ^a,b   Behnke, K ^b   Twining, P ^c   Branton, S L ^a  

^a POULTRY RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Paul Twining Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Corn; Feed manufacturing; Grinding; Particle size

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 73449090443     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/japr.2008-00139     Document Type: Article

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