Poultry at high altitudes: Chicken colony at White Mountain Research Station is used for study of the adaptation of animals to climatic stress

Abplanalp, H; Harwood, L; Kelly, C; Smith, A

Poultry at high altitudes: Chicken colony at White Mountain Research Station is used for study of the adaptation of animals to climatic stress

Authors

Hans Abplanalp
Lloyd M. Harwood
Clarence F. Kelly
Arthur H. Smith

Authors Affiliations

Hans Abplanalp is Assistant Professor of Poultry Husbandry, University of California, Davis; Lloyd M. Harwood is Farm Advisor, University of California, Santa Rosa; Clarence F. Kelly is Professor of Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis; Arthur H. Smith is Associate Professor of Poultry Husbandry, University of California, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 13(11):8-9. DOI:10.3733/ca.v013n11p8. November 1959.

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Abstract

Physiological adaptation–the ability to change so as to live more or less normally in a previously unfavorable or stressing environment–is one of the most universal properties of living things. However, the native ability of animals to adjust to variations in their environment has to a large extent been sacrificed in breeding animals for modern high standards of production.

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