Effects of different crating periods on selected biochemical indices in broiler chickens

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 132-136

  Chloupek, Petr ^a   Vecerek, Vladimir ^a   Voslarova, Eva ^a   Bedanova, Iveta ^a   Suchy, Pavel ^a   Pistekova, Vladimira ^a   Kozak, Antonin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Glucose; Lactate; Stress; Transport; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STRESS; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATES; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 41149139510     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-121-132     Document Type: Article

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