Effects of turning duration during incubation on corticosterone and thyroid hormone levels, gas pressures in air cell, chick quality, and juvenile growth

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1974-1979

  Tona, K ^a   Onagbesan, O ^a   De Ketelaere, B ^a   Decuypere, E ^a   Bruggeman, V ^a  

^a Laboratory of Physiology and Immunology of Domestic Animals   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chick juvenile growth; Chick quality; Egg turning; Physiological hormone

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; LIOTHYRONINE; OXYGEN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INCUBATOR; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; INCUBATORS; MOTION; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 1342310820     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.12.1974     Document Type: Article

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