Can testosterone and corticosterone predict the rate of display of male sexual behaviour, development of secondary sexual characters and fertility potential in primary broiler breeders?

British Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 621-625

  McGary Brougher, S ^a,b   Estevez, I ^a   Ottinger, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CHICKEN; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; FERTILITY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 28444443025     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500255422     Document Type: Article

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