Correlation of body weight with hatchling blood glucose concentration and its relationship to embryonic survival

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1817-1822

  Christensen, V L ^a   Grimes, J L ^a   Donaldson, W E ^a   Lerner, S ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b British United Turkeys   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Embryonic livability; Growth; Hatchability; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA-KETOGLUTARIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TURKEY (BIRD);

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOGEN; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; MALE; MORTALITY; TURKEYS; URIC ACID;

EID: 0034576366     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.12.1817     Document Type: Article

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