Comparative Evaluation of Three Commercial Broiler Stocks in Hot Versus Temperate Climates

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 921-929

  Yalcin, Servet ^a   Settar, Petek ^a   Ozkan, Sezen ^a   Cahaner, Avigdor ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Feathering; Growth; High ambient temperature; Season

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; EATING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEAT; MALE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0031181116     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.7.921     Document Type: Review

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