Effect of stocking density and sex on feathering, body injury and breast meat quality of broiler chikens;Efeito da densidade de criação e do sexo sobre o empenamento, incidência de lesões na carcaça e qualidade da carne de peito de frangos de corte

Revista Brasileira de Ciencia Avicola

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Garcia, R G ^a,b   Mendes, A A ^a,b   Garcia, E A ^a,b   Naas I A ^a,b   Moreira, J ^a,b   Almeida, I C L ^a,b   Takita, T S ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body injuries; Breast meat quality; Broiler chickens; Feathering; Stocking densities

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649108147     PISSN: 1516635X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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