Growth curves for body weight and major component parts, feed consumption, and mortality of male broiler chickens raised to maturity

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1061-1068

  Goliomytis, M ^a   Panopoulou, E ^a   Rogdakis, E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Broiler; Carcass component; Feed consumption; Growth curve; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; SIGMOIDEA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; EATING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; MORTALITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; EATING; MALE; MEAT; MORTALITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0043238911     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.7.1061     Document Type: Article

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