Effects of age at photostimulation on sexual maturity and reproductive performance in rooster breeders

The 2 × 4 factorial experiment was designed to determine the effect of strain and photostimulation age on sexual maturity and reproductive performance of rooster breeders. A total of 96 White Leghorn (WL) and 120 Beijing You Chicken (BYC) roosters were randomly allocated to 4 treatments at 14 wk of...

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Main Authors: Lei Shi, Yunlei Li, Jingwei Yuan, Hui Ma, Panlin Wang, Aixin Ni, Pingzhuang Ge, Chao Chen, Dongli Li, Yanyan Sun, Jilan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579121000456