Thermal manipulations of broiler embryos-The effect on thermoregulation and development during embryogenesis

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2677-2688

  Piestun, Y ^a,b   Halevy, O ^b   Yahav, S ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eggshell temperature; Embryonic growth; Incubation; Oxygen consumption; Thermal manipulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449359978     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00231     Document Type: Article

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