Growth curve analyses in selected duck lines

British Poultry Science

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 574-582

  Maruyama, K ^a,c   Vinyard, B ^a   Akbar, M K ^b   Shafer, D J ^b   Turk, C M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Maple Leaf Farms Inc   (United States)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; DUCK; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; MALE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DUCKS; EXTREMITIES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PECTORALIS MUSCLES;

EID: 0035756691     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120088380     Document Type: Article

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