Physical characteristics and chemical composition of Lesser Rhea (Pterocnemia pennata) eggs from farmed populations

British Poultry Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 586-590

  Navarro, J L ^a   Barri, F R ^a   Maestri, D M ^b   Labuckas, D O ^b   Martella, M B ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; OVALBUMIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RHEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ARGENTINA; EGG YOLK; EGGS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; OVALBUMIN; OVIPOSITION; RHEIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; FRAXINUS; PTEROCNEMIA PENNATA; RHEA;

EID: 0242574796     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660310001616237     Document Type: Article

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