The effects of parent age, egg weight, storage length and temperature on fertility and hatchability of Japanese quail

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1289-1291

  Dere, Suleyman ^a   Inal, Seref ^a   Caglayan, Tamer ^a   Garip, Mustafa ^a   Tilki, Muammer ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Egg weight; Fertility; Hatchability; Parent age; Quail; Storage length

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350778519     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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