Investigation of Energy Efficiency of Broiler Farms in Different Capacity Management Systems

Subject Areas : Camel

S. Najafi ¹ , N. Khademolhosseini ² , O. Ahmadauli ³

1 - Department of Agriculture Mechanization, Ramin Agricultural and Natural Resources University, Ahvaz, Iran
2 - Department of Agriculture Mechanization, Ramin Agricultural and Natural Resources University, Ahvaz, Iran
3 - Department of Animal Science, Ramin Agricultural and Natural Resources University, Ahvaz, Iran

Received: 2011-06-15 Accepted : 2011-10-12 Published : 2012-06-01

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