Study on carcass characteristics of chicken breeds raised under the intensive condition

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 530-533

  Musa, H H ^a,b   Chen, G H ^a   Cheng, J H ^a   Li, B C ^a   Mekki, D M ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NYALA   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Breed; Carcass characteristics; Correlation; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748605050     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2006.530.533     Document Type: Article

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