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| Pelicia,K; Mourao,JLM; Garcia,EA; Pinheiro,VMC; Berto,DA; Molino,AB; Faitarone,ABG; Vercese,F; Santos,GC; Silva,AP. |
| A total of 405 23-week-old ISA® Brown layers were distributed in a completely randomized experimental design in a factorial arrangement with nine treatments consisting of three dietary calcium levels (3.5, 3.75, and 4.5%) and three limestone particle sizes (100% fine limestone (FL), 70% FL + 30% coarse limestone (CL) and 50% (FL) + 50% (CL)), with nine replicates of five birds per cage. The following parameters were evaluated: percentage of lay, defective eggs, egg weight, egg mass, feed intake, feed conversion ratio (per kg eggs and per dozen eggs), and mortality. Dietary Ca levels significantly affected lay, with birds fed diets containing 4.5% calcium producing less eggs as compared to those fed 3.0 and 3.75% Ca. Egg production linearly decreased as... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Egg production; Mineral nutrition; Mineral particle size. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2011000100005 |
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