Responses to Ten Generations of Divergent Selection for Tibial Dyschondroplasia in Broiler Chickens: Growth, Egg Production, and Hatchability

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1065-1072

  Zhang, X ^a   McDaniel, G R ^a   Roland, D A ^a   Kuhlers, D L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Broiler; Egg production; Hatchability; Tibial dyschondroplasia

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BREEDING; CHICKEN; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIBIA; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHICKENS; EGGS; FEMALE; GROWTH; INCIDENCE; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; OVIPOSITION; POULTRY DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIBIA;

EID: 0032133491     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.8.1065     Document Type: Article

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