Effects of ambient temperature and restricted feeding on the growth of feathers in growing turkeys

British Poultry Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 449-455

  Wylie, L M ^a,b   Robertson, G W ^a   Macleod, M G ^a   Hocking, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Ross Breeders ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CALORIMETRY; FEATHER; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; FEATHERS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; TEMPERATURE; TURKEYS;

EID: 0035463992     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120070631     Document Type: Article

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