Comparative studies on egg, meat, and semen qualities of native and improved chicken varieties developed for backyard poultry production

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1013-1019

  Haunshi, Santosh ^a   Doley, Sunil ^b   Kadirvel, G ^b  

^a PROJECT DIRECTORATE ON POULTRY   (India)

^b ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

Author keywords

Egg and meat sensory attributes; Improved varieties; Native chicken; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGGS; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; SEMEN;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77952891163     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9524-3     Document Type: Article

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