Growth performance, carcass traits and meat quality of slower-growing and fast-growing chickens raised with and without outdoor access

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1407-1416

  Mikulski, Dariusz ^a   Celej, Joanna ^a   Jankowski, Jan ^a   Majewska, Teresa ^a   Mikulska, Marzena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carcass traits; Growth performance; Meat quality; Outdoor access; Slower growing chickens

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 80053121378     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2011.11038     Document Type: Article

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