Effects of egg mass and percentage mass loss during incubation on hatchability of eggs of the rock partridge (Alectoris graeca)

British Poultry Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 380-384

  Kirikci K ^a   Deeming, D C ^b   Gunlu, A ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Hatchery Consulting and Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FERTILITY; POULTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALECTORIS; ALECTORIS GRAECA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 3242707009     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660410001730879     Document Type: Article

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