Molecular responses of neonatally heat stressed broilers exposed to acute heat stress
Exposure of broiler cockerels to between 35.0 to 37.8 C for 24 hr at 5 days of age increases their survival when exposed to a heat challenge at 6 weeks of age (35.0-37.8 C; RH 50% ). This' phenomenon does not resemble acclimation since the physiological changes known to occur in acclimated bird...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39965 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10192005-113309/ |