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The focus of the dissertation is on myonuclear accretion of the early post-hatch poult because an increase in myofiber size is limited to the number of myonuclei present and the ability of the myofiber to acquire new nuclei is not consistent from hatch to market. The objective o…

Semen quantity (volume) and quality (concentration, total number of sperm, percent of live sperm, total number of live sperm, and/or motility) were analyzed in male turkeys from 10 weeks of age to over one year of age in three experiments. The key variable in each of the three s…

Light Turkey Syndrome (LTS) is characterized by lower than expected body weights of tom turkey flocks at market. Turkey producers have taken notice of LTS over the last five years. During brooding from two to three weeks of age is when weight gains begin to fall below what had p…