Effect of ascorbic acid supplementation on egg shell quality of laying hens receiving saline drinking water

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 172-175

  Khalafalla, M K ^a   Bessei, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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