The effects of housing system and storage length on the quality of eggs produced by two lines of laying hens

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 106-109

  Sekeroglu A ^a   Sarica, M ^b   Demir, E ^c   Ulutas Z ^c   Tilki, M ^d   Saatci, M ^e  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e MEHMET AKIF ERSOY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brown eggs; Deep litter; Egg quality; Free range; Layer; Storage length; White eggs

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249151761     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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