Effects of thermal manipulation during early and late embryogenesis on thermotolerance and breast muscle characteristics in broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 795-800

  Collin, A ^a   Berri, C ^a   Tesseraud, S ^a   Requena Rodon F E ^b   Skiba Cassy, S ^a   Crochet, S ^a   Duclos, M J ^a   Rideau, N ^a   Tona, K ^c   Buyse, J ^c   Bruggeman, V ^c   Decuypere, E ^c   Picard, M ^a   Yahav, S ^d  

^a STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^b Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Breast meat quality; Chicken growth; Embryo thermal manipulation; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; HEAT; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250197921     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.5.795     Document Type: Article

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