Effect of egg turning and fertility upon the sodium concentration of albumen of the Japanese quail

British Poultry Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 301-308

  Latter, G V ^a   Baggott, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE; OVALBUMIN; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COTURNIX; EGG; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COTURNIX; EGG WHITE; EGG YOLK; EGGS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; OVALBUMIN; SODIUM;

EID: 0030134217     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669608417861     Document Type: Article

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