Body weight, fat content, liver weight and plasma leptin concentrations in broiler breeder females reared under ad libitum feeding, restricted feeding or combinations of both until age of first egg

British Poultry Science

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Bruggeman, V ^a   Onagbesan, O M ^a   Decuypere, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 28244499581     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660050148912     Document Type: Article

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