Impact of atmospheric ammonia on laying performance and egg shell strength of hens housed in climatic chambers

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 120-125

  Amer, A H ^a,b   Pingel, H ^a   Hillig, J ^a   Soltan, M ^b   Von Borell, E ^a,c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Minufiya Government   (Egypt)

^c Inst F Tierzucht Tierhaltung M   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Climatic chambers; Egg mass production; Eggshell quality; Feed consumption; Laying hens

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042808125     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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