Environmental incubation factors influence embryonic thyroid hormones

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 442-450

  Christensen, V L ^a   Davis, G S ^a   Nestor, K E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental; Metabolic; Thyroid; Turkey embryo

Indexed keywords

AVES; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4; GALLIFORMES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

IODIDE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SECRETION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; THYROID GLAND; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; IODIDES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TURKEYS;

EID: 0036527328     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.4.442     Document Type: Article

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