Acclimation to heat during incubation: 3. Body weight, cloacal temperatures, and blood acid-base balance in broilers exposed to daily high temperatures

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2671-2677

  Yalcin S ^a   Cabuk M ^b   Bruggeman, V ^c   Babacanoglu E ^a   Buyse, J ^c   Decuypere, E ^c   Siegel, P B ^d  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood acid base balance; Broiler growth; Cloacal temperature; Heat acclimation; Parental age

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049108867     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00164     Document Type: Article

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