Effect of an acidifying diet combined with zeolite and slight protein reduction on air emissions from laying hens of different ages

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 182-190

  Wu Haan, W ^a   Powers, W J ^a   Angel, C R ^b   Hale III, C E ^c   Applegate, T J ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Rose Acre Farms   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air emission; Ammonia; Diet; Hen; Hydrogen sulfide

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845912747     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.1.182     Document Type: Article

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