The relationship of shortening and strength of eggshell to some egg quality indicators and egg production in hens of different initial laying lines

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-296

  Máchal, Ladislav ^a   Simeonovová, Jana ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Correlations; Cracked eggs; Double yolked eggs; Eggs without shell; Index of shape; Laying hen; Shortening of eggs; Strength of eggshell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036000491     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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