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Thermoregulation in naked neck chickens subjected to different ambient temperatures.
British poultry science - 1 Mar 1998
Yahav S, Luger D, Cahaner A, Dotan M, Rusal M, Hurwitz S
Abstract excerpt
1. Heterozygous (Na/na) naked neck chickens and their normally feathered (na/na) sibs, were exposed to constant ambient temperatures (Ta) ranging between 15 and 35 degrees C and 12h: 12h diurnal high:low temperatures of 15 degrees C:35 degrees C. 2. No significant effect of genotype was obtained in weight gain and food intake. However, the naked neck birds tended to gain somewhat more weight at high Ta and...
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