The effect of dietary supplementation with trivalent chromium on production performance of laying hens and the chromium content in the yolk

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 106, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 149-163

  Piva, Andrea ^a   Meola, Elena ^a   Gatta, Pier Paolo ^a   Biagi, Giacomo ^a   Castellani, Gastone ^a   Mordenti, Attilio Luigi ^a   Luchansky, John Bernard ^b   Silva, Sandro ^c   Mordenti, Archimede ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromium; Laying hens; Nutrition; Overdose

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 0038400987     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(03)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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