Effect of cantaxantina levels on performance and egg quality of laying hens;Efeito dos níveis de cantaxantina na dieta sobre o desempenho e qualidade dos ovos de poedeiras comerciais

Revista Brasileira de Ciencia Avicola

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Garcia, E A ^a,b   Mendes, A A ^a,b   Pizzolante, C C ^a,b   Goncalves H C ^a,b   Oliveira, R P ^a,b   Silva, Ma ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Egg quality; Laying hens; Performance; Pigments; Yolk color

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649103484     PISSN: 1516635X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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