Low crude protein corn and soybean meal diets with amino acid supplementation for broilers in the starter period 1. Effects of feeding 15% crude protein

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 161-165

  McGill, E ^a   Kamyab, A ^a   Firman, Jeffre D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Broilers; Digestible feed formulation; Low crude protein; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901415454     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2012.161.165     Document Type: Article

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