Influence of lighting periods and stocking densities on performance, carcass characteristics and some stress parameters in broilers

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Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 193-200

  Onbaşilar, E Ebru ^a   Poyraz, O ^a   Erdem, E ^b   Ozturk H ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Broiler; Lighting period; Stocking density; Stress

Indexed keywords

AVES; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 55249115078     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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