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The effect of retinol acetate level in feed mixtures for broiler chickens on growth and physico-chemical traits of meat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

M. Pieszka
Affiliation:
Department of Feed Science, National Research Institute of Animal Production, 32-03 Balice, Poland
K. Połtowicz
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Breeding, National Research Institute of Animal Production, 32-083 Balice, Poland
P. Paściak
Affiliation:
Ecopig, 42-510 Wojkowice Kościelne 28, Poland
B. Skraba
Affiliation:
Department of Feed Science, National Research Institute of Animal Production, 32-03 Balice, Poland
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One of the most common reason of poultry deaths, their growth inhibition and decrease of body weight in first weeks of chicken life is the vitamin A deficit (Ziele, 1998). The aim of this work were studies, which can help to state the optimum vitamin A concentration for fast growing broilers and to show how vitamin A influences the chicken growth and physic-chemical traits of their meat.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2004

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