Effects of storage time on incubating egg gas pressure, thyroid hormones, and corticosterone levels in embryos and on their hatching parameters

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 840-845

  Tona, K ^a   Malheiros, R D ^b   Bamelis, F ^a   Careghi, C ^a   Moraes, V M B ^b   Onagbesan, O ^a   Decuypere, E ^a   Bruggeman, V ^a  

^a Laboratory of Physiology and Immunology of Domestic Animals   (Belgium)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Gas pressure; Hatching parameter; Storage time; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 2442528572     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.5.840     Document Type: Article

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