Effects of corn particle size on growth performance and nutrient utilization in young chicks

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 539-544

  Jacobs, C M ^a   Utterback, P L ^a   Parsons, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Gizzard size; Nutrient digestibility; Particle size; Performance

Indexed keywords

AVES; GLYCINE MAX; LACTOBACILLUS; ZEA MAYS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MALE; METABOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH JUICE;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951633130     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00434     Document Type: Article

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