Relationships among age, eggshell thickness and vitamin D metabolism and its expression in the laying hen

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-154

  Bar, A ^a   Vax, E ^a   Striem, S ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

1,25 Dihydroxycholecalciferol; Acetazolamide; Calbindin; Calcium deficiency; Egg shell; Laying hen; mRNA

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CALBINDIN; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; MESSENGER RNA; VITAMIN D;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEN; NONHUMAN; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0033063005     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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