Defective eggs and their relationship to egg yield, egg and body weight in hens of five original laying lines

Defective eggs and their relationship to egg yield, egg and body weight in hens of five original laying lines

We investigated 3 985 individually housed hens of five original laying lines of two breeds RIR and BPR. The proportion of abnormal eggs out of the eggs laid before the age of 240 days ranged between 7.0% and 9.7%, in dependence on the line. The average number of cracked eggs ranged between 2.5% and...

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Main Authors: L. Máchal, S. Jeřábek, M. Zatloukal, E. Straková
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2004-02-01
Series:Czech Journal of Animal Science
Subjects:
hens
cracked eggs
double-yolk eggs
shell-less eggs
egg yield
egg weight
body weight
Online Access:https://cjas.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/cjs-200402-0001_defective-eggs-and-their-relationship-to-egg-yield-egg-and-body-weight-in-hens-of-five-original-laying-lines.php

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