Article
Genotype by environment interactions using fast-growing, lean or fat broiler chickens, originating from The Netherlands and Israel, raised at normal or low temperature.
Poultry science - 1 Oct 1991
Leenstra F, Cahaner A
Abstract excerpt
Male and female broiler chicks from five different broiler crosses (WI = Israeli chicks selected for body weight; LF and HF = Israeli chicks selected for low and high abdominal fat, respectively; FC = Dutch chicks selected for feed conversion; and WN = Dutch chicks selected for body weight) were raised under normal and subnormal temperatures. Weight gain, protein and fat content in the carcass, and feed and...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Age Factors
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Body Composition
- Breeding
- Chickens
- Eating
- Female
- Genotype
- Israel
- Lipids
