Relationship between broiler chicken haematocrit-selected parents and their progeny, with regard to haematocrit, mortality from ascites and bodyweight

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-109

  Shlosberg, A ^a   Bellaiche, M ^a   Berman, E ^b   Perk, S ^b   Deeb, N ^c   Neumark, E ^c   Cahaner, A ^c  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b Poultry Disease Laboratory   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ASCITES; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 0032016087     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5288(98)90004-2     Document Type: Article

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