Influence of limestone particle size in diets for hens and oviposition time on eggshell quality

Acta Veterinaria

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-42

  Pavlovski, Zlatica ^a   Vitorovic D ^b   Škrbić, Zdenka ^a   Vračar, Svetlana ^a  

^a Institute for Animal Husbandry   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Animal Production   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Eggshell; Hens; Limestone; Particle size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347368345     PISSN: 05678315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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