Comparison of two broiler genotypes grown under the European Union organic legislation

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 116-120

  Katogianni, Irene ^a   Zoiopoulos, P E ^a,c   Adamidis, K ^a   Fegeros, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c University of Ioanm'na   (Greece)

Author keywords

Broiler*Genotype*Organic farming *Performance*Carcass quality

Indexed keywords

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EID: 48349114121     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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