Hatchability of chicken eggs as influenced by turning frequency in hurricane lantern incubator

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 4310-4313

  Abiola, S S ^a   Afolabi, A O ^b   Dosunmu, O J ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chicken eggs; Hatchability; Hurricane lantern incubator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG; EMBRYO MORTALITY; HATCHING; HURRICANE LANTERN INCUBATOR; INCUBATOR; POULTRY FARMING;

ANAS; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 57649239119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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