The Effect of Different Levels of Vitamin C and Cholecalciferol with Adequate or Marginal Levels of Dietary Calcium on Performance and Eggshell Quality of Laying Hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1227-1235

  Keshavarz, K ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

25 hydroxycholecalciferol; Calcium; Cholecalciferol; Shell quality; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; COLECALCIFEROL; EGG WHITE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHICKEN; DOSE RESPONSE; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RELATIVE DENSITY; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHICKENS; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGG SHELL; EGG WHITE; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030255793     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0751227     Document Type: Article

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