The occurrence of deep pectoral myopathy in roaster chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1843-1846

  Bianchi, M ^a   Petracci, M ^a   Franchini, A ^a   Cavani, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep pectoral myopathy; Genotype; Roaster chicken

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33749469514     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.10.1843     Document Type: Article

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