Comparison of a modern broiler and layer strain during embryonic development and the hatching process

British Poultry Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 574-582

  Everaert, N ^a,c   Willemsen, H ^a   De Smit, L ^a   Witters, A ^a   De Baerdemaeker, J ^b   Decuypere, E ^a   Bruggeman, V ^a  

^a Department of Biosystems   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; LIOTHYRONINE; OXYGEN; THYROXINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; EGG YOLK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; EGG YOLK; OVUM; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 53349156867     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660802357025     Document Type: Article

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