Feed type for induced molting of commercial layer hens

An experiment employing three hundred and twenty 81-week-old Lohmann LSL commercial-breed hens was conducted to compare alternative induced-molting methods with the conventional method (fasting). Induced molting lasted 28 days at most, production and quality being monitored for four periods of 28 da...

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Main Authors: Graciene Conceição dos Santos, Edivaldo Antônio Garcia, Javer Alves Vieira Filho, Andréa de Britto Molino, Kleber Pelícia, Daniella Aparecida Berto, Elise Saori Floriano Murakami, Andressa Takahara Montenegro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2014-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982014000300007&tlng=en