Behavioural, endocrine and metabolic effects of food restriction in broiler breeder hens

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 247-257

  Kubikova L ^a,b   Vyboh P ^a   Kostal L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Domestic chicken; Thyroid hormones; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 19544391258     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200170030247     Document Type: Article

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