Components of feed efficiency in broiler breeding stock: The use of fasted body temperature as an indicator trait for feed conversion in broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 515-520

  Skinner Noble, D O ^a   Teeter, R G ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Broiler; Correlated trait; Feed conversion; Selection

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEAT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHICKENS; FASTING; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MEAT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 4043049293     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.4.515     Document Type: Article

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