Organ weight and serum triglyceride responses of older (80 week) commercial laying hens fed an alfalfa meal molt diet

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 6692-6696

  Landers, K L ^a   Moore, R W ^a   Herrera, P ^a   Landers, D A ^a,b   Howard, Z R ^a   McReynolds, J L ^b   Bryd, J A ^b   Kubena, L F ^b   Nisbet, D J ^b   Ricke, S C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

80 Week laying hens; Alfalfa meal; Molt; Organ weights; Serum triglycerides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; NUTRITION; PATHOGENS;

ALFALFA MEAL; ORGAN WEIGHTS; SERUM TRIGLYCERIDES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; NUTRITION; PATHOGENS;

ALFALFA; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BODY MASS; DIET; EGG PRODUCTION; INFECTIVITY; LIPID; MOLT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POULTRY; SERUM;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; HEN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ORGAN SIZE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 43849104772     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.11.045     Document Type: Article

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