Growth, carcass characteristics, and incidence of ascites in broilers exposed to environmental fluctuations and oiled litter

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 324-330

  McGovern, R H ^a   Feddes, J J R ^a   Robinson, F E ^a   Hanson, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascites; Broiler; Image analysis; Oiled litter; Temperature fluctuation

Indexed keywords

CANOLA OIL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHICKEN; DUST; EXPOSURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEAT; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ASCITES; CHICKENS; DUST; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INCIDENCE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MEAT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034146705     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.3.324     Document Type: Article

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