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Ribeiro,CLN; Barreto,SLT; Reis,RS; Muniz,JCL; Viana,GS; Ribeiro Junior,V; Mendonça,MO; Ferreira,RC; DeGroot,AA. |
ABSTRACT Calcium (Ca) and available phosphorus (avP) requirements for egg production are different between the beginning and the end of the egg-production cycle. The objective of this study was to estimate the Ca and avP requirements of Japanese quails at end of the production phase. In total, 256 Japanese quails with 48 weeks of age were randomly distributed in 2 x 2 factorial arrangement consisting of two Ca levels (29 and 38 g/kg) and two avP levels (1.5 and 3.0 g/kg), totaling four treatments with eight replicates of eight hens each. The variables evaluated were feed intake (FI); egg production (EP); marketable egg production (MEP); egg weight (EW); egg mass (EM); feed conversion ratio per egg mass (FCRM); feed conversion ratio per dozen eggs (FCRD);... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Coturnix; Bone development; Dicalcium phosphate; Eggshell; Bone mineral deposition. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2016000500033 |
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