Thermal manipulations during broiler embryogenesis: Effect on the acquisition of thermotolerance

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1516-1525

  Piestun, Y ^a,b   Shinder, D ^a   Ruzal, M ^a   Halevy, O ^b   Brake, J ^c   Yahav, S ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Embryogenesis; Stress; Thermal manipulation; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 49449107694     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00030     Document Type: Article

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