Effect of neonatal heat stress on growth, mortality and blood characteristics of juvenile broilers exposed to high ambient temperature
Previous studies indicated that exposure of broiler cockerels to acute heat for 24 hr at five days of age increased their survivability when exposed to high ambient temperature prior to market. Since they were conducted at low relative humidity, the aims of the present study were to determine if hig...
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80065 |