Comparative development of antitrochanteric disease in male and female turkeys of a traditional line and a contemporary sire-line fed ad libitum or with restricted quantities of food

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-32

  Hocking, P M ^a   Bernard, R ^a   Wess, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0032115805     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5288(98)90023-6     Document Type: Article

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