Genetic parameters of egg defects and egg quality in layer chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1292-1298

  Wolc, A ^a,b   Arango, J ^c   Settar, P ^c   O'Sullivan, N P ^c   Olori, V E ^d   White, I M S ^e   Hill, W G ^e   Dekkers, J C M ^b  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hy Line International   (United States)

^d Aviagen   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg defect; Egg quality; Heritability; Layer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICKEN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; EGG; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; EGGS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84930536612     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-02130     Document Type: Article

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