Effect of main cereal of the diet and particle size of the cereal on productive performance and egg quality of brown egg-laying hens in early phase of production

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 608-614

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Corn; Durum wheat; Egg quality; Laying hen performance; Particle size

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MAIZE; PARTICLE SIZE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIET; EGGS; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 63849283057     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00328     Document Type: Article

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