Copunisation of pheasants at different age

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 76, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Severin, Krešimir ^a   Mašek, Tomislav ^a   Janicki, Zdravko ^a   Konjević, Dean ^a   Slavica, Alen ^a   Hrupački, Tomislav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Pheasantry Zelendvor   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Blood parameters; Live weight; Pheasant; Pheasant capons; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 33846124226     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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