Biology of breeding poultry
Biology of breeding poultry [electronic resource]
Edited by P. Hocking.
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- Wallingford UK CABI 2009
- 454pp.;
- Poultry Science Symposium Series .
- Poultry Science Symposium Series .
This book reviews the biological science and background to breeding meat poultry, specifically broiler, turkey and duck. These commercial birds have been changed by genetic selection to such an extent that they are substantially different from traditional breeds and laying hens. Covering science, management and husbandry systems, this comprehensive text provides the most up to date collection of papers on the topic from a range of international experts.
9781845934866
10.1079/9781845933753.0000 doi
Meleagris poultry housing egg eclosion poultry meat production behavior broilers birds chickens vertebrates domesticated birds waterfowl Chordata Gallus animal welfare poultry diseases Anseriformes hatching aetiology etiology animal behaviour eggs animals ducks mating behavior fowls eukaryotes Galliformes turkeys poultry feeding Phasianidae behaviour Gallus gallus mating behaviour animal breeding causal agents animal health incubation Anatidae animal rights animal behavior reproduction
This book reviews the biological science and background to breeding meat poultry, specifically broiler, turkey and duck. These commercial birds have been changed by genetic selection to such an extent that they are substantially different from traditional breeds and laying hens. Covering science, management and husbandry systems, this comprehensive text provides the most up to date collection of papers on the topic from a range of international experts.
9781845934866
10.1079/9781845933753.0000 doi
Meleagris poultry housing egg eclosion poultry meat production behavior broilers birds chickens vertebrates domesticated birds waterfowl Chordata Gallus animal welfare poultry diseases Anseriformes hatching aetiology etiology animal behaviour eggs animals ducks mating behavior fowls eukaryotes Galliformes turkeys poultry feeding Phasianidae behaviour Gallus gallus mating behaviour animal breeding causal agents animal health incubation Anatidae animal rights animal behavior reproduction