The Combined Influence of Dietary Flaxseed Variety, Level, Form, and Storage Conditions on Egg Production and Composition among Vitamin E-Supplemented Hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1221-1226

  Scheideler, S E ^a   Froning, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg composition; Flaxseed; Layer; n 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; FISH OIL; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFECT; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SOYBEAN; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EGGS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; LINEAR MODELS; OVIPOSITION; SEEDS; SOYBEANS; TEMPERATURE; VITAMIN E; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030253910     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0751221     Document Type: Article

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