Effects of egg size and eggshell conductance on hatchability traits of meat and layer breeder flocks

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Shafey, Tarek M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Breeder Flocks; Egg Size; Eggshell; Per Cent Hatchability

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 0035982045     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2002.1     Document Type: Article

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