The relationship between the α-tocopherol content of the yolk and its accumulation in the tissues of the newly hatched chick

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 212-216

  Surai, Peter F ^a   Gaal, Tibor ^a   Noble, Raymond C ^a   Speake, Brian K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

tocopherol; Chick; Yolk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030876262     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199710)75:2<212::AID-JSFA866>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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