Egg production of red and blue neck ostriches under European farming conditions

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 281-283

  Horbanczuk J O ^a   Sales, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Egg production; Fertility; Hatchability; Ostrich

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035734070     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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