A preliminary estimate of the heritability of plasma troponin T in broiler chickens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-19

  Maxwell, M H ^a   Robertson, G W ^a   Bautista Ortega, J ^a   Hocking, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; MALE; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; FEMALE; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0032019873     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669889321     Document Type: Article

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