Research note: effect of high ambient temperature on dietary metabolizable energy values in genetically lean and fat chickens.

doi:10.3382/ps.0712113

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Research note: effect of high ambient temperature on dietary metabolizable energy values in genetically lean and fat chickens.

Poultry science - 1 Dec 1992

Geraert P A, Guillaumin S, Zuprizal

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Effect of high ambient temperature (32 versus 22 C) on dietary ME value was investigated in 32 genetically lean and fat 8-wk-old male chickens. Lean broilers exhibited higher AME and TME values than fat chickens. Hot climatic conditions significantly increased AME and TME values, particularly in...

Topics

Animals
Body Weight
Chickens
Diet
Dietary Proteins
Eating
Energy Intake
Energy Metabolism
Genotype
Hot Temperature
Male
Nitrogen

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