Effects of housing type and breeding system on the reproductive capacity of the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa)

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-172

  Gaudioso, V R ^a   Alonso, M E ^a   Robles, R ^a   Garrido, J A ^a   Olmedo, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Diputación de Valladolid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egg production; Handling; Incubation; Rearing system; Red legged partridge

Indexed keywords

ALECTORIS; ALECTORIS RUFA; AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; OVIPOSITION; POULTRY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0036484023     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.2.169     Document Type: Article

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