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Relationship between Bone Stability and Egg Production in Genetically Divergent Chicken Layer Lines

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Brittle or fractured bones due to continuous demineralisation cause major welfare and economic problems in laying hens. Bone weakness in laying hens is frequently attributed to long-term selection for increased egg production, but this is controversially discussed in the scientific l...

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Autores principales: Jansen, Simon, Baulain, Ulrich, Habig, Christin, Weigend, Annett, Halle, Ingrid, Scholz, Armin Manfred, Simianer, Henner, Sharifi, Ahmad Reza, Weigend, Steffen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7278460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32423072
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10050850