The Acute and Chronic Effects of a Cyclic Heat Stress on 24 to 28 Week Old Laying Hens on Performance, Egg Quality, Apparent Metabolizable Energy, and Blood Chemistry
Commercial laying hens are heavily selected for increased egg production, but little selection has occurred for resistance to extreme temperatures. The objective of the experiment was to determine the effects of a daily cyclic heat stress (HS) on performance, body temperature, egg quality, nitrogen...
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Virginia Tech
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73369 |