Melengestrol acetate in experimental diets as an effective alternative to induce a decline in egg production and reversible regression of the reproductive tract in laying hens I. Determining an effective concentration of melengestrol acetate

Poultry Science

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1750-1756

  Koch, J M ^a   Moritz, J S ^a   Lay Jr , D C ^b   Wilson, M E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Melengestrol acetate; Molting; Well being

Indexed keywords

AVES;

GLUCOCORTICOID; MELENGESTROL ACETATE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; OVIPOSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645941222     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.11.1750     Document Type: Article

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