The effects of prestorage incubation of quail breeder eggs on hatchability and subsequent growth performance of progeny

Animal Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 527-534

  Petek, Metin ^a   Dikmen, Serdal ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breeder age; Egg storage; Growth; Incubation; Quail; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 14744272869     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2004035     Document Type: Article

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