Effects of Heat Stress on Some Blood Parameters in Broilers

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-148

  Altan, Özge ^a   Altan, Ali ^a   Çabuk, Metin ^a   Bayraktar, Hakan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood parameters; Broiler; H L ratio; Heat stress; Leucocyte components

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034386184     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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