Genetic influence on seven week body weight of pre-and post-hatching growth rates in the chicken
A total of 7,472 progeny from 4 lines of chickens, a Black Australorp, a New Hampshire and 2 Leghorn lines, their crosses and reciprocal crosses were assessed for their pre- and post-hatching body weights, pre- and post-hatching growth rates and their associated egg weights. The interrelationship...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33246 |