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Polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in broiler chickens : effects of maternal diet

Creator:

Bautista Ortega, Jaime

Abstract:

Three experiments were conducted in broiler hens to study the influence of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on egg quality, antioxidant status in progeny, and eicosanoid production in tissue. The objective of experiment 1 was to determine the effect of hen age and dietary n-3 PUFA on egg quality...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I am very grateful to Dr. G. Cherian, Associate Professor in the Department of