Genetic parameters for social effects on survival in cannibalistic layers: Combining survival analysis and a linear animal model

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ellen, Esther D ^a   Ducrocq, Vincent ^b   Ducro, Bart J ^a   Veerkamp, Roel F ^a   Bijma, Piter ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UMR1313 GÉNÉTIQUE ANIMALE ET BIOLOGIE INTÉGRATIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CANNIBALISM; CORRELATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; LINEARITY; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; CHICKEN; GENETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; CHICKENS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78049362198     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: 12979686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1297-9686-42-27     Document Type: Article

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