Artificial incubation of Muscovy duck eggs: Why some eggs hatch and others do not

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-224

  Harun, M A S ^a,b   Veeneklaas, R J ^a   Visser, G H ^c,d   Van Kampen, M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c Center for Isotope Research   (Netherlands)

^d Zoological Laboratory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artificial incubation; Egg length; Hatchability; Metabolic rate; Muscovy duck

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DUCK; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DUCKS; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035261249     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.2.219     Document Type: Article

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