Glucocorticoid administration during incubation: Embryo mortality and posthatch growth in chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1357-1363

  Heiblum, R ^a   Arnon, E ^a   Chazan, G ^b   Robinzon, B ^a   Gvaryahu, G ^a   Snapir, N ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Hafez Hayim Poultry Integration   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body weight; Chicken; Embryo; Glucocorticoid; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICK EMBRYO; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INCUBATOR; LD 50; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICK EMBRYO; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYDROCORTISONE; INCUBATORS; LETHAL DOSE 50; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035461579     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.9.1357     Document Type: Article

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