Analysis of poultry fertility data. 3. Analysis of the duration of fertility in naturally mating Japanese quail

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-139

  Reddish, John M ^a   Kirby, John D ^a   Anthony, Nicholas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Duration of fertility; Iterative least squares; Japanese quail

Indexed keywords

PHASIANIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COTURNIX; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; COTURNIX; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029690597     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750135     Document Type: Article

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