A model for individual egg production in chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 859-867

  Grossman, M ^a   Koops, W J ^a,b  

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

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chicken; Egg production; Individual egg production curve; Mathematical model; Persistency

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 0035404288     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.7.859     Document Type: Article

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