Exterior egg quality as affected by enrichment resources layout in furnished laying-hen cages |
Li, Xiang
(College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University)
Chen, Donghua (College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University) Meng, Fanyu (College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University) Su, Yingying (College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University) Wang, Lisha (College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University) Zhang, Runxiang (College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University) Li, Jianhong (College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University) Bao, Jun (College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University) |
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