Effects of parental age and hatching egg weight of japanese quails on hatchability and chick weight

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 259-265

  Seker, I ^a   Kul, S ^a   Bayraktar, M ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chick weight; Egg weight; Hatchability; Parental age; Quail

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953746099     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2004.259.265     Document Type: Article

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