Supplemental thyroid hormones and molting in turkey breeder hens
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Initiating egg production in turkey breeder hens: thyroid hormone involvement.
The role of thyroid hormones in the expression of photosensitivity-photorefractoriness in female turkeys was investigated through the use of an antithyroidal agent, 6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil (PTU). In experiment 1, females held continuously from hatch on long day lengths (16L:8D; LD) and fed 0.1% PTU from 0 to 16 wk, began laying eggs at 26 wk of age, peaking at 75% hen-day egg production by 29 w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Poultry Science
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0032-5791
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.6.887