Evaluation of marigold flower and orange skin as sources of xanthophyll pigment for the improvement of egg yolk color

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 265-272

  Chowdhury, Sachchidananda D ^a   Hassin, Begum M ^b   Das, Shubash C ^c   Rashid, Md H ^a   Ferdaus, Abu J M ^d  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Officers Training Institute   (Bangladesh)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Egg quality; Laying performance; Marigold flower; Orange skin; Yolk color

Indexed keywords

AVES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 56349097253     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.45.265     Document Type: Article

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