Fatty acid composition of eggs produced by hens fed diets containing groundnut, soya bean or linseed

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-10

  Beynen, A C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Egg yolk; Linoleic acid; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 45349102400     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(04)80026-5     Document Type: Article

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