Effect of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol in the diet on the quality of bones in caged laying hens;Wpływ 25-hydroksycholekalcyferolu w paszy na jakość kośćca kur nieśnych utrzymywanych w klatkach

Medycyna Weterynaryjna

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 814-817

  Świa̧tkiewicz, Sylwester ^a   Koreleski, Jerzy ^a  

^a Dział Zywienia Zwierza̧t I Paszoznawstwa Instytutu Zootechniki ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Grind limestone; Laying hens; Tibia bones

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544486879     PISSN: 00258628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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