Male and female fertility and hatchability in chickens: A longitudinal mixed model approach

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1253-1259

  Sapp, R L ^a   Rekaya, R ^a   Misztal, I ^a   Wing, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Cobb Vantress Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Eggs set; Fertility; Hatchability; Missing data

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 4444342916     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.8.1253     Document Type: Article

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