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Effects of Hatching Time on Behavior and Weight Development of Chickens

The length of the embryonic period varies both among and within species and can affect the individual phenotype in many ways, both physiologically and behaviorally. In chickens, the hatch window may last 24–48 hours (up to 10% of the incubation time), and studies have shown that incubation length ma...

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Autores principales: Løtvedt, Pia, Jensen, Per
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25058654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103040