Factors affecting breast meat yield in turkeys

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-201

  Case, L A ^a   Miller, S P ^a   Wood, B J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Hybrid Turkeys   (Canada)

Author keywords

allometric growth; genetics; hatchery; management; nutrition; turkeys; yield

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 77958587350     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: 17434777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043933910000255     Document Type: Review

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