Progress of amino acid nutrition for diet protein reduction in poultry
Published on:
07/20/2021
Author/s :
M. T. Kidd, C. W. Maynard and G. J. Mullenix / Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
BackgroundInvestigations in reducing dietary crude protein (CP) in chickens began in the early 1940’s, which commenced nearly a century of exploration in this area of poultry nutrition research. Advances have been made, but many of the hurdles identified in the 1940’s vex poultry nutrition researchers today. Most notably, in the early 1940’s research was carried out in chickens f...