Effects of strain, maternal age and sex on morphological characteristics and composition of tibial bone in broilers

British Poultry Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 184-190

  Yalcin, S ^a   Ozkan S ^a   Coskuner E ^a   Bilgen, G ^a   Delen, Y ^a   Kurtulmus Y ^a   Tanyalcin, T ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIBIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHICKENS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PEDIGREE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIBIA;

EID: 0035349087     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120048429     Document Type: Article

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