Effect of storage and layer age on quality of eggs from two lines of hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1240-1245

  Silversides, F G ^a,b   Scott, T A ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg component; Egg quality; Layer strain; Storage

Indexed keywords

OVALBUMIN;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGG SHELL; EGGS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OVALBUMIN; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035434170     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.8.1240     Document Type: Article

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