Housing system affects broiler characteristics of local Chinese breed reciprocal crosses

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2405-2410

  Zhao, X L ^a   Siegel, P B ^b   Liu, Y P ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Gilbert, E R ^b   Zhu, Q ^a   Zhang, L ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Carcass trait; Chicken; Housing system; Meat composition

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84865511257     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02165     Document Type: Article

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