Dietary levels of potassium for broiler chickens

Three experiments were conducted to determine the nutritional requirements of potassium (K) for male Ross broiler chickens, from 8 to 21, 22 to 42 and 43 to 53 days of age. The following parameters were evaluated: body weight gain (BWG), feed intake (FI) and feed conversion ratio (FCR). In each expe...

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Main Authors: JE Oliveira, LFT Albino, HS Rostagno, LE Páez, DCO Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2005-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2005000100006