A Deterministic Model for the Economic Evaluation of Broiler Production Systems

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 925-933

  Groen, A F ^a   Jiang, X ^a,d   Emmerson, D A ^b,e   Vereijken, A ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Hybrid Turkeys   (Canada)

^c Euribrid BV   (Netherlands)

^d SICHUAN ANIMAL SCIENCE ACADEMY   (China)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Economics; Modeling; Production system

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; POULTRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; COMMERCE; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POULTRY;

EID: 0032110616     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.7.925     Document Type: Article

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