Article
Genetic and phenotypic relationships in Japanese quail. 1. Body weight, carcass, and organ measurements.
Poultry science - 1 Aug 1991
Toelle V D, Havenstein G B, Nestor K E, Harvey W R
Abstract excerpt
Live BW, carcass data, and organ data taken at 34 days of age on approximately 1,000 quail of both sexes from 110 sires and 290 dams were utilized to estimate genetic parameters from the initial generation of a selection study. The birds represented a sample of a line selected for high 4-wk BW. Data were analyzed using Henderson's Method 3 (MM3) and restricted maximum likelihood (REML) with and without a...
Topics
- Abdomen
- Adipose Tissue
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Coturnix
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Gizzard, Avian
- Least-Squares Analysis
- Male
