Twenty-five years of selection for improved leg health in purebred broiler lines and underlying genetic parameters

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3032-3043

  Kapell, D N R G ^a   Hill, W G ^b   Neeteson, A M ^a   McAdam, J ^a   Koerhuis, A N M ^a   Avendano S ^a  

^a Aviagen   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Heritability; Leg defect; Long term trend; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869776860     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02578     Document Type: Article

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