Body weights, carcase characteristics, organ weights, abdominal fat, and lipid content of liver and carcase in two lines of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica), unselected and selected for four week body weight

British Poultry Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 579-588

  Oguz I ^a   Altan, O ^a   Kirkpinar, F ^a   Settar, P ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; COTURNIX; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COTURNIX; FEMALE; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

EID: 0030178740     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669608417888     Document Type: Article

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