Reproductive traits of female rabbits as affected by heat stress and lighting regime under subtropical conditions of Egypt

Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-127

  Marai, I F M ^a   Habeeb, A A M ^b   Gad, A E ^a,b  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Light regime; Rabbits; Reproduction; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 1242322458     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s135772980005390x     Document Type: Article

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