Genetic variation in pure lines and crosses of large-bodied turkey lines. 1. Body weight, walking ability, and body measurements of live birds

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1087-1092

  Nestor, K E ^a   Anderson, J W ^a   Velleman, S G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Breast width; Inheritance; Turkey; Walking ability score

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROSIS; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TURKEY (BIRD); WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HYBRID VIGOR; LOCOMOTION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TURKEYS; VARIATION (GENETICS); WALKING;

EID: 0035432991     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.8.1087     Document Type: Article

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