Long-term goose breeding for egg production and crammed liver weight.

doi:10.1080/00071669108417396

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Long-term goose breeding for egg production and crammed liver weight.

British poultry science - 1 Sept 1991

Shalev B A, Dvorin A, Herman R, Katz Z, Bornstein S

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1. Results of an 8-year (1981 to 1988) period of breeding geese for egg production and crammed liver weight, including phenotypic and/or genetic parameters for various traits (1982 to 1985), as well as line tests (1987 to 1988), are summarised for two lines. 2. The regressed annual genetic gains...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Breeding
Female
Fertility
Geese
Genotype
Liver
Male
Organ Size
Oviposition
Phenotype

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