Environmental temperature and cloacal and surface temperatures of broiler chicks in first week post-hatch

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-117

  Malheiros, R D ^a   Moraes, V M B ^a   Bruno, L D G ^a   Malheiros, E B ^a   Furlan, R L ^a   Macari, M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Broiler chicks; Environmental temperature; Sensible heat loss; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034419117     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/9.1.111     Document Type: Article

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