Eggshell Conductance and Other Functional Qualities of Ostrich Eggs

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1404-1410

  Christensen, V L ^a   Davis, G S ^a   Lucore, L A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductance; Eggshell; Ostrich

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEMALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGG SHELL; EGG WHITE; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WATER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0030280861     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0751404     Document Type: Article

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