Egg production curve fitting using nonlinear models for selected and nonselected lines of White Leghorn hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2977-2987

  Savegnago, R P ^a   Cruz, V A R ^a   Ramos, S B ^a   Caetano, S L ^a   Schmidt, G S ^b   Ledur, M C ^b   El Faro, L ^c   Munari, D P ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asymptotic egg production; Genetic gain; Model error; Nested model; T test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868125250     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02277     Document Type: Article

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