Responses of group-housed neonatal chicks to posthatch holding environment

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2249-2254

  Xin, H ^a,b   Harmon, J D ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicks; Heat production; Moisture production; Posthatch; Temperature; Transport

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030501390     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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