Defective eggs and their relationship to egg yield, egg and body weight in hens of five original laying lines

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 51-57

  Machal L ^a   Jerabek S ^b   Zatloukal, M ^b   Strakova E ^c  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b Integra AS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Body weight; Cracked eggs; Double yolk eggs; Egg weight; Egg yield; Hens; Shell less eggs

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744485728     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/4279-cjas     Document Type: Article

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