Metabolic responses of chick embryos to short-term temperature fluctuations

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1081-1086

  Lourens, A ^a   Van Den Brand, H ^a   Heetkamp, M J W ^a   Meijerhof, R ^b   Kemp, B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Hybro   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eggshell temperature; Incubation; Metabolic response; Short term temperature variation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHORIOALLANTOIS; EGG SHELL; INCUBATOR; METABOLISM; PERIODICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; EGG SHELL; INCUBATORS; PERIODICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745545051     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.6.1081     Document Type: Article

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