The viability and performance under hot conditions of featherless broilers versus fully feathered broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-29

  Azoulay, Y ^a   Druyan, S ^a,b   Yadgary, L ^a   Hadad, Y ^a   Cahaner, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Breast meat yield; Chronic heat; Featherless broiler; Heat wave; Skin weight

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 78650587278     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-01044     Document Type: Article

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