A model for persistency of egg production

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1715-1724

  Grossman, M ^a   Gossman, T N ^a   Koops, W J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chickens; Egg production; Mathematical model; Part records; Persistency

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICKEN; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGGS; FEMALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVIPOSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034567846     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.12.1715     Document Type: Article

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