Body Weight Deviations as Indicator for Resilience in Layer Chickens

Resilience is the capacity of an animal to be minimally affected by disturbances or to rapidly return to the state pertained before exposure to a disturbance. Less resilient animals are expected to be more susceptible to environmental perturbations, such as diseases, and will consequently show more...

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Main Authors: Tom V.L. Berghof, Henk Bovenhuis, Han A. Mulder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2019.01216/full