Acute heat-stress effects on physiology and fear-related behaviour in red jungle fowl and domestic fowl

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-170

  Zulkifli, I ^a   Dass, R T ^a   Norma, M T Che ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Broilers; Fear; Heat stress; Jungle fowl; Physiology

Indexed keywords

GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0033245463     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A98-022     Document Type: Article

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