Some quality characteristics of pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) eggs with different shell colors

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-318

  Kirikçi, Kemal ^a   Günlü, Aytekin ^a   Garip, Mustafa ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Egg; Eggshell color; Pheasant; Quality

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG SHELL; EGG SIZE; EGG YOLK; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION;

PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 19444371278     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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