Effect of alfalfa meal in diets of laying quails on performance, egg quality and some serum parameters

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-263

  Kocaoglu Guclu, B ^a   Iscan K M ^a   Uyanik, F ^a   Eren, M ^a   Can Agca A ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood serum; Egg yolk composition; Japanese quails; Lucerne meal; Performance; Saponins

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; FOOD INTAKE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; RELATIVE DENSITY; SERUM; WEIGHT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; COTURNIX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; EGGS; FEMALE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECIFIC GRAVITY;

ANIMALIA; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; JAPONICA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 2542450954     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039420410001701350     Document Type: Article

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