Lighting regimens and plasma LH and FSH in broiler breeders

British Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-353

  Lewis, P D ^a,c   Ciacciariello, M ^a   Ciccone, N A ^b   Sharp, P J ^b   Gous, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHOTOPERIOD;

AVES;

EID: 21044453504     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500098509     Document Type: Article

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