Chemical composition of meat and egg yolk of hybrid and Italian breed hens reared using an organic production system

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1239-1251

  Rizzi, C ^a   Chiericato, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hen; Meat quality; Organic chicken; Organic egg; Yolk quality

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GENETICS; MEAT; METHODOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGG YOLK; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; MEAT;

EID: 77954638802     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00045     Document Type: Article

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