Performance of pureline broiler breeders fed two levels of vitamin E

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1258-1262

  Siegel, P B ^a   Price, S E ^a   Meldrum, B ^a   Picard, M ^b   Geraert, P A ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^c SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Body weight; Broiler pureline; Egg production; Relative asymmetry; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGG YOLK; EGGS; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0035458938     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.9.1258     Document Type: Article

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