Initiating egg production in Turkey breeder hens: Thyroid hormone involvement

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2265-2272

  Siopes, T D ^a   Millam, J R ^b   Steinman, M Q ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg production; Photoperiod; Photorefractoriness; Sexual maturation; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958102550     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-00642     Document Type: Article

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