Economic Values in Broiler Breeding

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 934-943

  Jiang, X ^a,b   Groen, A F ^a   Brascamp, E W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SICHUAN ANIMAL SCIENCE ACADEMY   (China)

Author keywords

Broiler breeding; Economic model; Economic values; Production circumstances; Production systems

Indexed keywords

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

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

EID: 0032112008     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.7.934     Document Type: Article

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