Genetic variability in residual variation of body weight and conformation scores in broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1156-1161

  Wolc, A ^a,b   White, M S ^b   Avendano, S ^c   Hill, W G ^b  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Aviagen   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Broiler chicken; Conformation score; Heritability; Heterogeneity of variance

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 68049095040     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00547     Document Type: Article

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