Genetic and phenotypic parameter estimates for body weights and egg production in Horro chicken of Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Dana, Nigussie ^a,b   vander Waaij, E H ^b   van Arendonk, Johan A M ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Correlations; Egg production; Growth; Heritability; Indigenous chicken

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; EGG; ETHIOPIA; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; EGGS; ETHIOPIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78649979344     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9649-4     Document Type: Article

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