Effect of final photoperiod and twenty-week body weight on sexual maturity and early egg production in broiler breeders

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 377-383

  Lewis, Peter D ^a   Gous, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body weight; Broiler breeder; Photoperiod; Sexual maturity

Indexed keywords

AVES;

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 33646916032     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.3.377     Document Type: Article

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