Egg weight, shape index and hatching weight and interrelationships among these traits in native turkish geese with different coloured feathers

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 353-357

  Saatci, Mustafa ^a   Kirmizibayrak, Turgut ^a   Aksoy, Ali Riza ^a   Tilki, Muammer ^a  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Egg weight; Feather colour; Geese; Hatching weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGG; FEATHER; GOOSE; HATCHING; POULTRY FARMING; WEIGHT;

ANSER;

EID: 19444365102     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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