Hematological and incubation parameters of chicks from young breeders eggs: Variation with sex and incubation temperature

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 606-612

  Morita, Viviane de Souza ^a   Boleli, Isabel Cristina ^a   de Oliveira, João Ademir ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chick; Erythrogram; Leukogram; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956972990     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2010.606.612     Document Type: Article

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