Effects of Dietary Chromium Picolinate on Performance, Egg Quality, Serum Traits and Mortality Rate of Brown Layers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Kim, J D ^a   Han, In K ^a   Chae, B J ^a   Lee, J H ^a,b   Park, J H ^a,b   Yang, C J ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Miwon Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Chromium Picolinate; Egg Quality; Glucose; Layers; Mortality; Serum Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031520575     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1997.1     Document Type: Article

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