Effect of breed, age and storage period on egg weight, egg weight loss and chick weight of commercial broiler breeders raised in Saudi Arabia
A total of 1350 hatching eggs were obtained from commercial broiler breeders Cobb, Ross 308 and Arbor Acres at 30–35, 40–45 and 50–55 weeks of age, 450 eggs for each breed and 150 eggs for each breed age. Eggs for each age were randomly divided into three groups, 50 eggs in each, stored either for 0...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-01-01
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Series: | Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658077X12000252 |