Fuzzy modeling to predict chicken egg hatchability in commercial hatchery

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2710-2717

  Peruzzi, N J ^a   Scala, N L ^a   Macari, M ^a   Furlan, R L ^a   Meyer, A D ^a   Fernandez Alarcon, M F ^a   Kroetz Neto, F L ^a   Souza, F A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Hatchability; Hatching egg; Regression model

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; FUZZY LOGIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; FUZZY LOGIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM;

EID: 84866500460     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-01878     Document Type: Article

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