Effect of bird cage space and dietary metabolizable energy level on production parameters in laying hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 306-311

  Jalal, M A ^a   Scheideler, S E ^b   Marx, D ^b  

^a University of Nebraska ^*  (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cage space; Laying hen; Metabolizable energy

Indexed keywords

AVES;

MINERAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BONE ASH; CALORIC INTAKE; CHICKEN; DIET; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MINERALS; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 33645733476     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.2.306     Document Type: Article

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