Comb: An important reliable visual ornamental trait for selection in chickens

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-433

  Mukhtar, N ^a   Khan, S H ^b  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b POULTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

comb; mating behaviour; morphology; reproductive traits; testosterone

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84864607119     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: 17434777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043933912000542     Document Type: Review

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