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Effects of Flock Size in Broilers Reared in a Floor System on Performance, Some Blood Parameters, Bone Quality and Musculus Pectoralis Ph Level Cover

Effects of Flock Size in Broilers Reared in a Floor System on Performance, Some Blood Parameters, Bone Quality and Musculus Pectoralis Ph Level

Annals of Animal Science
Volume 15 (2015): Issue 2 (April 2015)
By: Ulku Gulcihan Simsek and  Nejla Ozhan  
Open Access
|Apr 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2014-0076 | Journal eISSN: 2300-8733 | Journal ISSN: 1642-3402
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Language: English
Page range: 505 - 516
Submitted on: Jun 9, 2014
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Accepted on: Sep 12, 2014
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Published on: Apr 23, 2015
Published by: National Research Institute of Animal Production
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open
Keywords:
broiler,
flock size,
performance,
bone quality,
welfare
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Biotechnology,
Zoology,
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine

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