The Relationships of Body Temperature to Weight Gain, Feed Consumption, and Feed Utilization in Broilers under Heat Stress

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-242

  Cooper, M A ^a   Washburn, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Feather cover; Feed conversion ratio; Heat stress; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; FEATHER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHICKENS; EATING; FEATHERS; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031991355     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.2.237     Document Type: Article

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