• DOI:10.1093/PS/76.6.914
Corpus ID: 15196773

Effect of egg size and strain and age of hens on the solids content of chicken eggs.

@article{Ahn1997EffectOE,
  title={Effect of egg size and strain and age of hens on the solids content of chicken eggs.},
  author={D. Ahn and S. M. Kim and H. Shu},
  journal={Poultry science},
  year={1997},
  volume={76 6},
  pages={
          914-9
        }
}

D. Ahn, S. M. Kim, H. Shu

Published 1997

Biology, Medicine

Poultry science

A study was conducted to determine the effect of egg size and the age and strain of hens on the content of egg solids. Eggs were obtained from commercial farms from four strains of hens with similar age groups and received diets formulated to contain the same dietary energy and protein levels across the strains within a farm. Eggs were collected on 2 different d when the flocks reached the average ages of 28, 55, 75, and 97 wk. The eggs collected form each farm were pooled and sorted by size… CONTINUE READING

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