Restriction of feed consumption and body weight in two strains of large white turkey breeder hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1102-1109

  Crouch, A N ^a,b   Grimes, J L ^a   Christensen, V L ^a   Garlich, J D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aviagen   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Egg production; Restrictive feeding; Turkey breeder hen

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; TURKEYS;

EID: 0033174212     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.8.1102     Document Type: Article

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