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|350 - 450
 
|350 - 450
 
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!align="left"|Birth Weight
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|Grams
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|50 - 70
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!colspan="3" bgcolor="#DBDBDB"|Chicken
 
!colspan="3" bgcolor="#DBDBDB"|Chicken
 
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Kilograms
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Kilograms
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|1.5 - 3
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|1.5 - 3
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!align="left"|Birth Weight
 
|Grams
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Blood Volume
 
!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Blood Volume
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Milli-litres per Kg
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Milli-litres per Kg
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|60 - 90
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!align="left"|Breeding Duration (Commercial)
 
|Litters
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Food Consumption
 
!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Food Consumption
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Grams per day
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Grams per day
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|85 - 115
 
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!align="left"|Gestation Length
 
!align="left"|Gestation Length
 
|Days
 
|Days
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|21 Days (Egg incubation)
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Heart Rate^
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!align="left"|Heart Rate^
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Beats per min
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|Beats per min
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|
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|250 - 300
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!align="left"|Litter Size
 
|No units
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Oestrus Cycle
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Days
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|
 
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!align="left"|Postpartum Oestrus
 
|No units
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Rectal Temperature
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Fahrenheit
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|
 
 
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!align="left"|Rectal Temperature
 
!align="left"|Rectal Temperature
 
|Centigrade
 
|Centigrade
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|39 - 40
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Respiratory Rate
 
!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Respiratory Rate
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Breaths per min
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Breaths per min
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|15 - 30
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!align="left"|Urine Output
 
|Per 100 grams body weight per day
 
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!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Water Consumption
 
!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Water Consumption
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Milli-litres per Kg per day
 
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|
 
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|
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|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Ad libitum
!align="left"|Weaning Age
 
|Days
 
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|pub = Yale University
 
|pub = Yale University
 
|range = Normative Data
 
|range = Normative Data
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!align="left"|Heart Rate^
 
|Beats per min
 
|250 - 300
 
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{{citation
 
|initiallast = ^Kahn
 
|initialfirst =Cynthia M
 
|2last = Line
 
|2first =Scott
 
|3last =Aiello
 
|3first =Susan E
 
|year = 2005
 
|title = The Merck Veterinary Manual
 
|ed = Ninth Edition
 
|city = New Jersey, United States of America
 
|pub = Merck & Co., Inc. & Merial Limited
 
|range = Physiology Reference Guides
 
 
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Physiology Units Approximate Value
Chick
Heart Rate^ Beats per min 350 - 450
Birth Weight Grams 50 - 70
Chicken
Adult Weight Kilograms 1.5 - 3
Blood Volume Milli-litres per Kg 60 - 90
Food Consumption Grams per day 85 - 115
Gestation Length Days 21 Days (Egg incubation)
Heart Rate^ Beats per min 250 - 300
Rectal Temperature Centigrade 39 - 40
Respiratory Rate Breaths per min 15 - 30
Water Consumption Ad libitum
^Kahn, Cynthia M., Line, Scott., Aiello, Susan E. (2005) The Merck Veterinary Manual. Ninth Edition ed. New Jersey, United States of America: Merck & Co., Inc. & Merial Limited. pp.Physiology Reference Guides.
Unknown, . (2001) Veterinary Clinical Services Normative Data. Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America: Yale University. pp.Normative Data.