Estimation of the genetic parameters of meat characteristics and of their genetic correlations with growth and body composition in an experimental broiler line

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 839-843

  Le Bihan Duval, E ^a   Berri, C ^a   Baeza, E ^a   Millet, N ^a   Beaumont, C ^a  

^a STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Color; Drip loss; Genetic parameter; Meat; pH postmortem

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COLOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PH; POULTRY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; COLOR; GROWTH; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POULTRY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035404559     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.7.839     Document Type: Article

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