Nutritional value of faba beans (Vicia faba L.) for broilers: Apparent metabolisable energy, ileal amino acid digestibility and production performance

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 104-111

  Nalle, C L ^a   Ravindran, V ^a   Ravindran, G ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amino acid digestibility; Apparent metabolisable energy; Broilers; Faba beans; Performance

Indexed keywords

AVES; GLYCINE MAX; VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77349102682     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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