Correlation between shell colour and ultrastructure in pheasant eggs

British Poultry Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 338-343

  Richards, P D G ^a   Deeming, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Hatchery Consulting and Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIRD; EGG; EGG SHELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POROSITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STANDARD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGG SHELL; EGGS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PIGMENTATION; POROSITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0035408329     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120055304     Document Type: Article

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