Rearing cage type and dietary limestone particle size: I, effects on growth, apparent retention of calcium, and long bones attributes in Lohmann selected Leghorn-Lite pullets1

Effects of rearing cage type and dietary limestone particle size (LPS) on growth, apparent retention (AR) of nutrients, and bone quality were investigated. The treatments were arranged in a 2 × 3 factorial with cage (conventional, CON and furnished, FUR) and LPS (fine, < 0.595 mm, F; medium, 0.59...

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Main Authors: Tanka Khanal, Grégoy Y. Bédécarrats, Tina Widowski, Elijah G. Kiarie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120303369