The effects of dietary yucca schidigera on egg yield parameters and egg shell quality of laying Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-162

  Ayasan, Tugay ^a   Yurtseven, Sabri ^b   Baylan, Mikail ^c   Canogullari, Sibel ^c  

^a Cukurova Agricultural Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Egg shell quality; Egg yield parameters; Japanese quail; Yucca schidigera

Indexed keywords

EID: 59149083672     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2005.159.162     Document Type: Article

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