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Thermal treatments prior to and during the beginning of incubation affect phenotypic characteristics of broiler chickens posthatching.
Poultry science - 1 Apr 2013
Piestun Y, Druyan S, Brake J, Yahav S
Abstract excerpt
The significance and importance of the preincubation and incubation temperatures for broiler chickens has been elucidated by altering normal incubation conditions to study the effects on embryo development. Furthermore, only recently has convincing evidence that temperature could influence the sex ratio of avian offspring become available. The objective of this study was to elucidate the effects of temperature...
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