Carcass quality of different meat - Typed chickens when achieve a common physiological body weight

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-322

  Liu, Fuzhu ^a   Niu, Zhuye ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carcass traits; Meat quality; Meat typed chickens; Physiological age

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 45749118041     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2008.319.322     Document Type: Article

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