Effect of dietary energy concentration on performance parameters and egg quality of white leghorn laying hens

An experiment was carried out with 1200 23-week-old white Dekalb commercial laying hens to investigate production responses, egg quality, and energy utilization of laying hens fed different dietary energy levels at the beginning of lay. Birds were housed and divided in five groups of 240 birds accor...

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Main Authors: PAP Ribeiro, JB Matos Jr, LJC Lara, LF Araújo, R Albuquerque, NC Baião
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2014000400007&lng=en&tlng=en