Comparative performance, blood chemistry, and carcass composition of two lines of Pekin ducks reared mixed or separated by sex

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 460-465

  Farhat, A ^a   Chavez, E R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcass blood chemistry; Duck; Mixed and separated rearing; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUCK; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DUCKS; FEMALE; LIPIDS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRIGLYCERIDES; URIC ACID;

EID: 0034169801     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.4.460     Document Type: Review

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