Effect of dwarf (dw) and frizzle (F) genes on the performance of layers under senegalese conditions

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-380

  Missohou, A ^a   Dieng, A ^b   Horst, P ^c   Zarate, V A ^d   Nesseim, T ^b   Tchedre, K ^a  

^a Ecole Inter Etats des Sciences et Medecine Veterinaires Dakar   (Senegal)

^b Ecl Natl Sup d'Agric de Thies ^*  (Senegal)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chickens; Dwarf; Egg production; Feathers; Frizzle; Gene; Growth

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CROSS BREEDING; DWARFISM; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENEGAL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DWARFISM; EGGS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; SENEGAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0042355621     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025149523151     Document Type: Article

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