Reproductive organ morphology and carcass traits in unselected naturally mating female Bronze turkeys at onset of lay

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-187

  Renema, R A ^a   Melnychuk, V L ^a   Robinson, F E ^a   Classen, H L ^b   Crawford, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body weight; Bronze Turkey; Ovary morphology; Reproductive disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032372379     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A97-044     Document Type: Article

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