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Relationship between Bone Quality, Egg Production and Eggshell Quality in Laying Hens at the End of an Extended Production Cycle (105 Weeks)

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Nowadays, the industry aims to extend egg laying until hens are 100 weeks old or longer (from 65 to 70 weeks currently) to make egg production more sustainable. However, intensive egg production challenges hen health and particularly bone metabolism as eggshell formation mobilizes la...

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Autores principales: Alfonso-Carrillo, Clara, Benavides-Reyes, Cristina, de los Mozos, Jon, Dominguez-Gasca, Nazaret, Sanchez-Rodríguez, Estefanía, Garcia-Ruiz, Ana Isabel, Rodriguez-Navarro, Alejandro B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7996911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33652961
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11030623