Genetic relations between reproduction, chick weight and maternal egg composition in a white leghorn line

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-101

  Hartmann, Camilla ^a   Strandberg, Erling ^a   Rydhmer, Lotta ^a   Johansson, Kjell ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chick Survival; Fertility; Genetic Correlation; Hatchability; Heritability; Laying Hen; Maternal Effect

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0036035815     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700212072     Document Type: Article

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