Reproductive efficiency and metabolism of female broiler breeders as affected by genotype, feed allocation, and age at photostimulation. 2. Sexual maturation

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2267-2277

  Renema, R A ^a   Robinson, F E ^a   Zuidhof, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broiler breeder; Fleshing; Growth profile; Ovarian morphology; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 35348890720     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.10.2267     Document Type: Article

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