Effect of Increasing Zinc Concentration in the Diets of Brown Parent Stock Layers on Various Production and Hatchability Traits (Short communication)

Archives Animal Breeding

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 483-489

  Durmus I ^a   Atasoglu C ^b   Mizrak, C ^a   Ertas S ^a   Kaya, M ^a  

^a Poultry Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

brown layers; feed conversion ratio; fertility; hatchability; zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644288104     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: 23639822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/aab-47-483-2004     Document Type: Article

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