Independent Effects of Hen Age and Egg Size on Incubation and Poult Characteristics in Commercial Turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1210-1216

  Applegate, Todd J ^a   Lilburn, Michael S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg size; Hen age; Lipid; Poult; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; EGG; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TURKEY (BIRD);

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; EGGS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0030256764     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0751210     Document Type: Article

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