Genetic parameters for egg production and egg weight of laying hens housed in single and group cages

Archives Animal Breeding

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 501-508

  Nurgiartiningsih, Veronica ^a   Mielenz, Norbert ^a   Preisinger, Rudi ^b   Schmutz, Mathias ^b   Schüler, Lutz ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b LOHMANN TIERZUCHT GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

egg production; egg weight; genetic parameters; group and single cages; laying hens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036395803     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: 23639822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/aab-45-501-2002     Document Type: Article

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