End-of-cycle bone quality in white- and brown-egg laying hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-383

  Riczu, C M ^a   Saunders Blades, J L ^a   Yngvesson, A K ^a   Robinson, F E ^a   Korver, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone breaking strength; Bone mineral density; Egg quality; Laying hen; Quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE DENSITY; CHICKEN; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CHICKENS; EGGS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMERUS; OVIPOSITION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3042587330     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.3.375     Document Type: Article

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