Selection for high and low threshold body weight at first egg in broiler strain females. 6. Threshold weight for onset of photosensitivity in females of the selection lines

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 459-463

  Eitan, Yoav ^a   Soller, Morris ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Broiler breeder; Photoperiodic drive; Selection; Sexual maturity; Threshold weight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LIGHT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; FEMALE; LIGHT; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030120265     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750459     Document Type: Article

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