Inheritance of hatchability in broiler chickens and its relationship to egg quality traits

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2334-2340

  Wolc, A ^a   White, I M S ^b   Hill, W G ^b   Olori, V E ^c  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Aviagen   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Egg quality; Hatchability; Random regression

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 78249264731     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00614     Document Type: Article

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