Effect of dietary supplementation with different level of zinc on sperm egg penetration and fertility traits of broiler breeder chicken

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1083-1088

  Amen, Mahmood H M ^a   Al Daraji, Hazim J ^b  

^a SULAIMANI POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Broiler breeder chicken; Fertility traits; Sperm egg penetration; Zinc

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; ZINC;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBRYO MORTALITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HATCHING; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

EID: 82855169429     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2011.1083.1088     Document Type: Article

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