Melatonin decreases heat production in female broiler chickens

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-18

  Zeman, M ^a,b   Buyse, J ^c   Herichova I ^b   Decuypere, E ^c  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Feed conversion; Poultry; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642545717     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200170010015     Document Type: Article

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