Articles | Volume 58, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-58-301-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-58-301-2015
31 Jul 2015
 | 31 Jul 2015

Effects on performance and eggshell quality of particle size of calcium sources in laying hens' diets with different Ca concentrations

S. Świątkiewicz, A. Arczewska-Włosek, J. Krawczyk, M. Puchała, and D. Józefiak

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