Performance and carcass quality of commercial broiler strains

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 252-257

  Farran, M T ^a   Khalil, R F ^a   Uwayjan, M G ^a   Ashkarian, V M ^a   Hajj, R N ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Broiler strains; Carcass quality; Carcass yield; Fat pad; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034396999     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/9.2.252     Document Type: Article

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