A comparative Study of Different Selection Strategies to Breed Leaner Meat-type Poultry

Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 121-142

  Buyse, J ^a   Leenstra, F R ^b   Zeman, M ^c   Rahimi, G ^a   Decuypere, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Broiler chickens; Endocrine axes; Environmental interactions; Fatness; Metabolism; Reproduction; Selection for leanness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004919587     PISSN: 14702061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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