Performance, egg quality and resilience to nutritional challenges of Lohmann Dual hens as opposed to layer and traditional dual-purpose types: a preliminary study
Authors:
- I.D.M. GangnatIGI.D.M. Gangnat
- S. MuellerSMS. Mueller
- R.E. MessikommerRMR.E. Messikommer
- M. KreuzerMKM. Kreuzer
Open Access
- 1 January 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in European Poultry Science
- Vol. 84, 1-16
Abstract
Introduction In 2017, almost 400 million laying hens were kept in the European Union and about as many in the USA (EC, 2019; Statista, 2019). Considering an average renewal of the hen flock every 1.5 years and that every second layer type egg producesKeywords
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