Productive performance and egg quality of Brown egg-laying hens in the late phase of production as influenced by level and source of calcium in the diet

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2043-2051

  Safaa, H M ^a,b   Serrano, M P ^a   Valencia, D G ^a   Frikha, M ^a   Jimenez Moreno E ^a   Mateos, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Brown egg laying hen; Calcium level; Limestone; Oyster shell; Shell quality

Indexed keywords

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 53349116759     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00110     Document Type: Article

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