Re-evaluation of arginine requirements for broilers exposed to hypobaric condition during the 3-to 6-week period

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 303-307

  Khajali, Fariborz ^a   Basoo, Hamid ^a   Khoshoui, Ebrahim Asadi ^a   Faraji, Mehrab ^a   Wideman, Robert F ^b  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Broiler; Growing period; Hypobaric condition; Requirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868712789     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.0110133     Document Type: Article

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