Breeding fast-growing, high-yield broilers for hot conditions

Poultry Production in Hot Climates: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 30-47

  Cahaner, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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