The effect of early feed restriction on the performance, organ weights, carcass composition, and lipid and protein metabolism in broiler chickens

Five experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of early feed restriction on body weights, feed conversion, organ weights, fat deposition, carcass and muscle composition, plasma lipids, lipogenesis, lipolysis, and muscle tissue DNA and RNA in broiler chickens. In Experiments 1 and 2, broi...

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Main Author: Fontana, Eddy Alejandro
Other Authors: Animal and Poultry Sciences
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41291
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02262007-095943/