Heritability of egg production in laying hens under cumulative, multitrait and repeated measurement animal models

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 254-259

  Wolc, A ^a   Lisowski, M ^b   Szwaczkowski, Tomasz ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cumulative model; Egg production; Laying hens; Monthly records

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34548323870     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/2282-cjas     Document Type: Article

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