Growth, water intake, litter moisture, carcass and physiological traits of broiler chickens fed varying levels and sources of potassium under phase feeding system

Livestock Science

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-66

  Mushtaq, M M H ^a   Pasha, T N ^b   Mushtaq, T ^a   Akram, M ^b   Mahmood, S ^b   Farooq, U ^c,e   Parvin, R ^d  

^a Agro Visions   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^d National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broiler; Carcass and physiological responses; Growth; Potassium; Water intake

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84890860941     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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