Article
[Altricial and precocial developmental features in modern meat-type chicks].
Zhurnal obshchei biologii - 1 Jan 2000
Fisinin V I, Tuchemskiĭ L I, Zhuravlev I V, Dolgorukova A M, Salamatin A V
Abstract excerpt
Variability of egg weight, egg yolk content, neonatal growth rate and relationships of these parameters were studied in meat-type chicks. As it had been established the level of variability in neonatal growth traits was greater than variability of the egg morphology parameters. Egg weight had stronger influence on the chicks' neonatal growth rate than egg yolk content did. Low egg size was associated with limited...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.