Study of methodological variations in apparent nutrient metabolism determination in broiler chickens Estudo de variações metodológicas na determinação do metabolismo aparente de nutrientes em frangos de corte

An experiment was conducted to define a protocol to determine metabolizable nutrient and energy values of diets. The metabolizability (M) was calculated of the dry matter (DM); crude protein (CP); gross energy (GE) and AMEn of a single diet. Eighty-one 21-day old (d) male birds were used. The tested...

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Main Authors: María Esperanza Mayorga Cortés, Andréa Machado Leal Ribeiro, Mário Federico Gianfelici, Alexandre de Mello Kessler, Mariana Lemos de Moraes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2009-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982009001000010