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Segregation analysis of blood oxygen saturation in broilers suggests a major gene influence on ascites.
British poultry science - 1 Dec 2006
Navarro P, Visscher P M, Chatziplis D, Koerhuis A N M, Haley C S
Abstract excerpt
1. Blood oxygen saturation (SaO) is a potential indicator trait for resistance to ascites in chickens. 2. The objective of the study was to investigate the genetic architecture of SaO in a meat-type chicken line reared in commercial conditions. 3. Data were collected over 15 generations of selection and were divided into two data sets on the basis of a change in recording age from 6 to 5 weeks of age,...
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