Carcass traits, ovarian morphology and egg laying characteristics in early versus late maturing strains of commercial egg-type hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-46

  Robinson, F E ^a   Renema, R A ^a   Oosterhoff, H H ^a   Zuidhof, M J ^b   Wilson, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg production; Egg type hens; Ovarian morphology; Sexual maturation; Strain variation

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MEAT; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MEAT; OVARY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0035220233     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.1.37     Document Type: Article

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