Selection strategies for limiting the increase in ascites while increasing growth in broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 737-744

  McMillan, I ^a   Quinton, V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascites; Fitness; Growth; Inbreeding; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHICKEN; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ASCITES; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036616560     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.6.737     Document Type: Article

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