Comparison of a modern broiler line and a heritage line unselected since the 1950s

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2610-2619

  Schmidt, C J ^a   Persia, M E ^b   Feierstein, E ^a   Kingham, B ^a   Saylor, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Broiler; Evolution; Heart; Intestine

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 70449428031     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00055     Document Type: Article

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