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@article{citeulike:539134, abstract = {Seed of the hemp cultivar Unika-b was cold-pressed to obtain hemp seed meal (HSM) containing 307 g/kg crude protein and 164 g/kg ether extract (60 g/kg linoleic acid, 120 g/kg alpha-linolenic acid, 160 g/kg oleic acid, lesser amounts of palmitic, stearic, and gamma-linolenic acids). For 4 weeks, 102 43-week-old DeKalb Sigma hens were fed on isonitrogenous and isoenergetic diets containing 0, 50, 100 or 200 g/kg HSM. Eggs were collected for fatty acid analysis during the fourth week of feeding these diets. No significant differences were found between feed treatments for egg production, feed consumption, feed efficiency, body weight change or egg quality. Increasing dietary inclusion of HSM produced eggs with lower concentrations of palmitic acid and higher concentrations of linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids.}, address = {Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Crops and Livestock Research Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 4N6. silversidesf@agr.gc.ca}, author = {Silversides, F. G. and Lefran\c{c}ois, M. R.}, citeulike-article-id = {539134}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15957445}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15957445}, issn = {0007-1668}, journal = {Br Poult Sci}, keywords = {hemp}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {231--235}, posted-at = {2009-10-20 21:34:36}, priority = {3}, title = {The effect of feeding hemp seed meal to laying hens.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15957445}, volume = {46}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:539134 L3 - citeulike-article-id:539134 N2 - Seed of the hemp cultivar Unika-b was cold-pressed to obtain hemp seed meal (HSM) containing 307 g/kg crude protein and 164 g/kg ether extract (60 g/kg linoleic acid, 120 g/kg alpha-linolenic acid, 160 g/kg oleic acid, lesser amounts of palmitic, stearic, and gamma-linolenic acids). For 4 weeks, 102 43-week-old DeKalb Sigma hens were fed on isonitrogenous and isoenergetic diets containing 0, 50, 100 or 200 g/kg HSM. Eggs were collected for fatty acid analysis during the fourth week of feeding these diets. No significant differences were found between feed treatments for egg production, feed consumption, feed efficiency, body weight change or egg quality. Increasing dietary inclusion of HSM produced eggs with lower concentrations of palmitic acid and higher concentrations of linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids. IS - 2 JF - Br Poult Sci SN - 0007-1668 AD - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Crops and Livestock Research Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 4N6. silversidesf@agr.gc.ca EP - 235 TI - The effect of feeding hemp seed meal to laying hens. VL - 46 SP - 231 KW - hemp AU - Silversides, FG AU - Lefrançois, MR PY - 2005/04// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15957445 ER -