Relation of Body Weight and Egg Weight in the Domestic Fowl

Fly control, chronic toxicity, and residues from feeding 2-chloro-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)vinyl diethyl phosphate to hens

“…Although the eggs laid by hens fed 50 ppm of Compound 4072 weighed significantly less than the control eggs, the eggs laid by the birds receiving 200 ppm were significantly heavier than the control eggs. However, these differences probably are due to the differences in hen body weight rather than to the treat- (Funk, 1935).…”