Relationship between pre-incubation egg parameters from old breeder hens, egg hatchability and chick weight

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-119

  Hesna Sahin, Emine ^a   Sengor, E ^a   Yardimci, M ^a   Cetingul, I S ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chick quality; Chick weight; Hatching eggs; Physical egg parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149376329     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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