Thermoregulation responses of broiler chickens to humidity at different ambient temperatures. II. Four weeks of age

Poultry Science

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1173-1178

  Lin, Hai ^a,b   Zhang, H F ^b   Du, R ^b   Gu, X H ^b   Zhang, Z Y ^b   Buyse, J ^c   Decuypere, E ^c  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c Lab of Physiology and Immunology of Domestic Animal   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Broiler chicken; Humidity; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHICKENS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25444468555     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.8.1173     Document Type: Article

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