Potential relationships between physical traits and male broiler breeder fertility

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 328-337

  McGary, S ^a   Estevez, I ^a   Bakst, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler breeder; Fluctuating asymmetry; Male fertility; Skeletal conformation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; COMB; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; MALE; PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; COMB AND WATTLES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PELVIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0037313804     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.2.328     Document Type: Article

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