Comparison of the egg characteristics of different sudanese indigenous chicken types

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 455-457

  Mohammed, Mekki Dafaalla ^a,b   Ibrahimm Abdalsalam, Yousif ^c   Mohammed Kheir, Abdelrahman ^b   Wang, Jin Yu ^a   Hassan Hussein, Musa ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Chicken types; Egg production; Sudanese indigenous

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249133570     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2005.455.457     Document Type: Article

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