Responses of body composition, growth and food efficiency to dietary protein in genetically lean and fat broilers up to seven weeks of age.

doi:10.1080/00071669008417242

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Responses of body composition, growth and food efficiency to dietary protein in genetically lean and fat broilers up to seven weeks of age.

British poultry science - 1 Mar 1990

Whitehead C C

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1. Growth, food intake and abdominal fatness were measured at 7 weeks of age in male and female broilers from genetically lean and fat lines fed on isoenergetic diets containing 160, 190, 210, 230 and 260 g crude protein/kg from hatching. 2. The mean proportions of abdominal fat decreased from 39...

Topics

Adipose Tissue
Animals
Body Composition
Body Weight
Breeding
Chickens
Dietary Proteins
Eating
Energy Metabolism
Female
Genotype
Male

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