Rendered whole-bird layer mortality as an ingredient in layer diets

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 371-375

  Damron, B L ^a   Ouart, M D ^b   Christmas, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Mississippi State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Layers; Mortality disposal; Rendering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035565316     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/10.4.371     Document Type: Article

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