Genetic effects of aging on egg quality traits in the first laying cycle of White Leghorn strains and strain crosses

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1439-1447

  Ledur, M C ^a,d   Liljedahl, L E ^b   McMillan, I ^a   Asselstine, L ^c   Fairfull, R W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Egg quality; Genetic effects; Heritabilities; Variances

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CROSS BREEDING; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; EGGS; FEMALE; HYBRID VIGOR; OVIPOSITION; QUALITY CONTROL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036780176     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.10.1439     Document Type: Article

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