Effects of diet and gizzard muscularity on grit use in domestic chickens
The gizzard is the only gastrointestinal organ for mechanical processing in birds. Many birds use grit in the gizzard to enhance mechanical processing efficiency. We conducted an experiment to test the factors that affect chicken grit use in 68 male layer chicks of Gallus gallus domesticus, which we...
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PeerJ Inc.
2020-11-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/10277.pdf |