Alternative procedure for determining lysine maintenance requirement in poultry

ABSTRACT The objective with this study was to determine the lysine maintenance requirements (LMR) of male and female broilers as animal models. A total of 252 birds were used for nitrogen balance trials during three periods (I: 6-21, II: 22-37, and III: 38-53 days). Six lysine levels were used (2.76...

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Main Authors: Juliano Cesar de Paula Dorigam, Edney Pereira da Silva, Nilva Kazue Sakomura, Nelson José Peruzzi, Michele Bernardino de Lima, João Batista Kochenborger Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2020-05-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982020000100602&tlng=en