Influence of feed restriction regimes on growth performance of broilers with different initial weight categories

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1522-1526

  Mehmood, S ^a   Sahota, A W ^a   Akram, M ^a   Javed, K ^a   Hussain, J ^a   Sharif, H ^a   Haroon, S ^a   Jatoi, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Economics; Feed restriction; Growth performance; Production efficiency factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888401636     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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