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Responses to heat stress in commercial and local broiler stocks. 2. Developmental stability of bilateral traits.
British poultry science - 1 May 2001
Yalçin S, Ozkan S, Türkmut L, Siegel P B
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1. Developmental stability of bilaterally symmetrical traits was measured in two fast (G1 and G2) and one slower growing (G3) broiler stocks when conditioned (chicks exposed to 36 degrees C for 24 h at 5 d of age) or food restricted (food withdrawn 2 h before the hot period and chicks fed between 17.00 and 08.00 h) during heat stress administered daily from 28 to 49 d of age. 2. Length of face, length, width and...
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