Article
Genetic parameters of product quality and hepatic metabolism in fattened mule ducks.
Journal of animal science - 1 Mar 2011
Marie-Etancelin C, Basso B, Davail S, Gontier K, Fernandez X, Vitezica Z G, Bastianelli D, Baéza E, Bernadet M-D, Guy G, Brun J-M, Legarra A
Abstract excerpt
Genetic parameters of traits related to hepatic lipid metabolism, carcass composition, and product quality of overfed mule ducks were estimated on both parental lines of this hybrid: the common duck line for the maternal side and the Muscovy line for the paternal side. The originality of the statistical model was to include simultaneously the additive genetic effect of the common ducks and that of the Muscovy...
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