Comparison of thermoregulatory ability in fast and slow growing strains of turkey during acute heat stress

British Poultry Science

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Mills, L J ^b   Mitchell, M A ^a   Mahon, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURKEYS;

EID: 0033251776     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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