Body Weight and Egg Weight Dynamics in Layers

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 791-796

  Di Masso, R J ^a,b,c   Dottavio, A M ^a,c   Canet, Z E ^a   Font, M T ^a,c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Body weight; Egg weight; Layer; Principal component analysis; Weatherup and Foster model

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CROSS BREEDING; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; EGGS; FEMALE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 0032093198     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.6.791     Document Type: Article

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