Egg quality of three laying hen genotypes kept in conventional cages and on litter;Eiqualität bei drei Legehennenherkünften in konventionellen Käfigen und in Bodenhaltung

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-43

  Ledvinka, Z ^a   Tůmová, Eva ^a   Englmaierová, Michaela ^b   Podsednicek M ^c  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^c Ministerstvo zemedelstvi   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Age; Egg quality; Genotype; Housing; Interaction; Laying hen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856668756     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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