Effect of body weight uniformity on the productivity of broiler breeder hens

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Abbas, S A ^a   Gasm Elseid, A A ^b   Ahmed, M K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b Arab Company for Livestock Investment and Development   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Broiler breeder hen; Flock uniformity; Productivity; Target weight

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77954252218     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2010.225.230     Document Type: Article

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