Effect of age and body weight at photostimulation on the sexual maturation of broiler breeder pullets transferred from 8L:16D to 16L:8D

British Poultry Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 601-608

  Lewis, P D ^a,b   Ciacciariello, M ^a   Backhouse, D ^a   Gous, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Northcot   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ILLUMINATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FEMALE; LIGHTING; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AVES;

EID: 35448991717     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660701573052     Document Type: Article

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