Performance of commercial layers when fed diets with four levels of corn oil or poultry fat

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-76

  Bohnsack, C R ^a   Harms, R H ^a   Merkel, W D ^a   Russell, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial layer; Dietary energy; Egg size; Egg weight

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035981987     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/11.1.68     Document Type: Article

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