Different commercial broiler crosses have different susceptibilities to leg weakness

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1085-1090

  Kestin, S C ^a   Su, G ^b   Sorensen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body weight; Commercial line cross broilers; Feed efficiency; Leg problems; Tibial dyschondroplasia

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHICKEN; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; TIBIA; WALKING;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; ENERGY INTAKE; GENOTYPE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIBIA; WALKING;

EID: 0033174267     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.8.1085     Document Type: Article

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