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Genetic parameters of ascites-related traits in broilers: correlations with feed efficiency and carcase traits.
British poultry science - 1 Feb 2005
Pakdel A, van Arendonk J A M, Vereijken A L J, Bovenhuis H
Abstract excerpt
(1) Pulmonary hypertension syndrome followed by ascites is a metabolic disorder in broilers that occurs more often in fast-growing birds and at cool temperatures. (2) Knowledge of the genetic relationships among ascites-related traits and performance traits like carcase traits or feed efficiency traits is required to design breeding programmes that aim to improve the degree of resistance to ascites syndrome as...
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