Effect of Zinc Deficiency in Hens on Hatchability and Embryonic Development.

Effect of Zinc Deficiency in Hens on Hatchability and Embryonic Development.

Summary Evidence is presented indicating that deficiency of zinc in the diet of breeding hen, results in (1) lowered hatchability (2) gross embryonic anomalies characterized by impaired skeletal development and (3) varying degrees of weakness in chicks which hatch.

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Veröffentlicht in:Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) N.J.), 1960-06, Vol.104 (2), p.217-220
Hauptverfasser: Blamberg, D. L., Blackwood, Unabelle B., Supplee, W. C., Combs, G. F.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Chickens
Eggs
Embryo, Mammalian - physiology
Embryo, Nonmammalian - physiology
Embryonic Development
Female
Minerals
Old Medline
Zinc - deficiency
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Evidence is presented indicating that deficiency of zinc in the diet of breeding hen, results in (1) lowered hatchability (2) gross embryonic anomalies characterized by impaired skeletal development and (3) varying degrees of weakness in chicks which hatch.
ISSN:0037-9727
1535-3702
1535-3699
DOI:10.3181/00379727-104-25784