Influence of heat stress and age on the percentage of calcium carbonate in eggshell and the percentage of broken and cracked eggs

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-396

  Nikolova, Nedeljka ^a   Pavlovski, Zlatica ^b   Milošević, Niko ^c,e   Wahner, Martin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Macedonia)

^b Institute for Animal Husbandry   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^d ANHALT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e University of Novi Sad   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Age of layers; Calcium carbonate; Eggshell; Heat stress; Layers

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349094273     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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