Effects of different hybrids, strains and age of laying hens on the cholesterol content of the table egg

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-294

  Kovacs G ^a   Dublecz, K ^a   Husveth F ^a   Wagner L ^a   Gerendai, D ^b   Orban J ^a   Manilla, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b Res Inst of Small Animal Husbandry   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Egg; Laying hen; Production level; Strain

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CROSS BREEDING; DIET; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BREEDING; CHICKENS; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIET; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; MOLTING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031610232     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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