A Review of Some Results of Selection for Juvenile Body Weight in Chickens

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-91

  Siegel, Paul B ^a   Wolford, John H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

broilers; correlated responses; feed intake; growth; selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976878984     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.40.81     Document Type: Article

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