Linear and threshold analysis of proportion of cracked eggs in laying hens using an animal model

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 181-184

  Wolc, Anna ^a   Twardowska, Malgorzata ^b   Szwaczkowski, T ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Center for Nucleus Breeding MESSA Ltd   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cracked eggs; Heritability; Laying hens; Linear model; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24644437517     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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