Acclimation to heat during incubation. 1. Embryonic morphological traits, blood biochemistry, and hatching performance

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1219-1228

  Yalcin S ^a   Cabuk M ^b   Bruggeman, V ^c   Babacanoglu E ^a   Buyse, J ^c   Decuypere, E ^c   Siegel, P B ^d  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood biochemistry; Embryonic growth; Heat acclimation; Heat stress; Parental age

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749141288     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00435     Document Type: Article

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