Selection for High and Low Threshold Body Weight at First Egg in Broiler Strain Females. 7. Effect of Photoperiod on Body Weight and Age at Onset of Mature Semen Production, in Males of the Selection Lines, and in Commercial Broiler and Layer Males

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 828-832

  Eitan, Yoav ^a   Soller, Morris ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Males; Photoperiodic drive; Selection; Semen production; Threshold weight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0030184202     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750828     Document Type: Article

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