Effect of long-term heat stress on some performance traits and plasma enzyme activities in Naked-neck chickens and their F1 crosses with commercial layer breeds

Livestock Science

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 227-231

  Melesse, A ^a   Maak, S ^b   Schmidt, R ^c   von Lengerken, G ^c  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commercial chicken breeds; Enzyme activities; F1 crosses; Heat stress; Naked neck chicken

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 80053583947     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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