Welfare of food restricted male and female turkeys

British Poultry Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-29

  Hocking, P M ^a   Maxwell, M H ^a   Mitghell, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0033238068     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669987782     Document Type: Article

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