Physiological Responses of Slow-Growing Chickens under Diurnally Cycling Temperature in a Hot Environment

ABSTRACT Free-range chicken production has significantly increased in recent years and it often entails exposing birds to cyclic environmental conditions. The objective of the current study was to investigate the effect of bird strain and sex, and rearing system on the physiological responses of Pot...

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Main Authors: T Mutibvu, M Chimonyo, TE Halimani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2017000400567&lng=en&tlng=en