Nutrient requirements of poultry / Subcommittee on Poultry Nutrition, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council.

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Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Poultry Nutrition
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994.
Edition:9th rev. ed.
Series:Nutrient requirements of domestic animals.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Components of poultry diets
  • Energy
  • Carbohydrates
  • Protein and amino acids
  • Fats
  • Minerals
  • Vitamins
  • Water
  • Xanthophylls
  • Unidentified growth factors
  • Antimicrobials
  • Nutrient requirements of chickens
  • Leghorn-type chickens
  • Meat-type chickens
  • Nutrient requirements of turkeys
  • Starting and growing turkeys
  • Turkey breeders
  • Nutrient requirements of geese
  • Nutrient requirements of ducks
  • Nutrient requirements of ring-necked pheasants, Japanese quail and bobwhite quail
  • Signs of nutritional deficiencies in chickens and turkeys
  • Protein and amino acid deficiencies
  • Vitamin deficiencies
  • Mineral dificiencies
  • Toxicity of certain inorganic elements
  • Composition of feedstuffs used in poultry diets
  • Cereal grains
  • Protein supplements
  • Estimating the amino acid composition of feedstuffs
  • Characteristics of dietary fats
  • Macromineral supplements
  • Mycotoxins
  • Standard reference diets for chicks
  • Documentation of nutrient requirements
  • Estimating the energy value of feed ingredients
  • Conversion factors.