Inheritance of bone characteristics affecting osteoporosis in laying hens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-40

  Bishop, S C ^a   Fleming, R H ^a   Mccormagk, H A ^a   Flock, D K ^b   Whitehead, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LOHMANN TIERZUCHT GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CHICKEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMERUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INCIDENCE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STERNUM; TIBIA; ULNA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CHICKENS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMERUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENCE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POULTRY DISEASES; SELECTION (GENETICS); STERNUM; TIBIA; ULNA;

EID: 0034154658     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660086376     Document Type: Article

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