Inheritance of breast muscle morphology in turkeys at sixteen weeks of age

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1060-1066

  Velleman, S G ^a   Nestor, K E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Maternal inheritance; Muscle damage; Muscle morphology; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 4444312896     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.7.1060     Document Type: Article

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