The effect of high environmental temperature on growth performance of Japanese quails with different body weights

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 468-470

  Ozbey, O ^a   Ozcelik, M ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body weight; Environmental temperature; Japanese quail

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645756612     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2004.468.470     Document Type: Article

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