Intermittent lighting and dietary sodium bicarbonate supplementation for laying hens at high temperatures

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-284

  Balnave, D ^a   Muheereza, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg production; Egg shell quality; Egg weight; Shell breaking strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031915951     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/A97101     Document Type: Article

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