Surface wetting and its effect on body and surface temperatures of domestic laying hens at different thermal conditions

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2441-2450

  Mutaf, S ^a   Seber Kahraman N ^a   Firat, M Z ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Domestic laying hen; Surface wetting; Thermal condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049097153     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00391     Document Type: Article

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