Purebred and crossbred performances from a Japanese quail line with very small body size

Animal Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-153

  Piao, Jun ^a   Okamoto, Satoru ^a   Kobayashi, Shin ^a   Wada, Yasuhiko ^a   Maeda, Yoshizane ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth; Heterosis; Japanese quail; Productive trait

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 2342650155     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2004007     Document Type: Article

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