Impact of egg pre-storage incubation on embryo mortality and hatching efficiencies in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 625-627

  Lotfi, Alireza ^a   Hatefinejad, Kayvan ^a   Abedi, Ayyub Sadigh ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hatching efficiencies; Incubation; Japanese quail

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 79960595182     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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