Effects of breeder age and dietary fat source and level on broiler hatching egg characteristics

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 698-704

  Peebles, E D ^a   Zumwalt, C D ^a   Doyle, S M ^a   Gerard, P D ^a   Latour, M A ^c   Boyle, C R ^b   Smith, T W ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumen; Broiler breeder; Dietary fat; Energy; Shell; Yolk

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; CORN OIL; FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ALBUMINS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CORN OIL; DIETARY FATS; EATING; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; EGGS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPOSITION; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0034183457     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.5.698     Document Type: Article

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