Free-range farming: A natural alternative to produce vitamin D-enriched eggs

Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 481-484

  Kühn, Julia ^a   Schutkowski, Alexandra ^a   Kluge, Holger ^a   Hirche, Frank ^a   Stangl, Gabriele I ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eggs; Free range farming; Hen; Natural sunlight; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG YOLK; FARMING SYSTEM; FEMALE; FREE RANGE FARMING; HEN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT;

EGGS; FREE-RANGE FARMING; HEN; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIET; EGG YOLK; EGGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84895461305     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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