Sodium Chloride Concentration in Drinking Water and Eggshell Quality

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1488-1491

  Damron, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Eggshell quality; Sodium chloride; Specific gravity

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; SODIUM INTAKE; STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGG SHELL; EGGS; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM, DIETARY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032186011     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.10.1488     Document Type: Article

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