Effects of the age of male and female broiler breeders on sexual behaviour, fertility and hatchability of eggs

British Poultry Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 370-376

  Hocking, P M ^a   Bernard, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZYGOTE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; EGGS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0034231736     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713654925     Document Type: Article

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