Egg production performances of a breed and three crossbreeds under semi-scavenging system of management

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Zaman, M A ^a   Sorensen P ^b   Howlider, M A R ^a  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body weight; Breed; Crossbreed; Egg production; Egg quality; Feed supplementation; Semi scavenging

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 5444251586     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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