Critical assessment of chick quality measurements as an indicator of posthatch performance

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2358-2366

  Willemsen, H ^a   Everaert, N ^a   Witters, A ^a   De Smit, L ^a   Debonne, M ^a   Verschuere, F ^b   Garain, P ^b   Berckmans, D ^a   Decuypere, E ^a   Bruggeman, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Petersime NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Broiler; Chick quality; Posthatch performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749111919     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00095     Document Type: Article

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