Genetic parameters for blood oxygen saturation, body weight and breast conformation in 4 meat-type chicken lines

British Poultry Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 659-670

  Navarro, P ^a,b   Visscher, P M ^b   Chatziplis, D ^c   Koerhuis, A N M ^c   Haley, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Aviagen   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MEAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX;

ANIMALS; ASCITES; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MEAT; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; POULTRY DISEASES; THORAX;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 33845727965     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660601042372     Document Type: Article

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