Composition of eggs from dwarf and normal chickens before incubation and at hatching in lines selected for 56-day body weight.

doi:10.3382/ps.0691621

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Composition of eggs from dwarf and normal chickens before incubation and at hatching in lines selected for 56-day body weight.

Poultry science - 1 Sept 1990

Nir I, Dunnington E A, Siegel P B

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Comparisons of egg composition prior to incubation and when the chick had pipped through the shell were made for dwarf (D) and normal (N) chickens from lines selected for high (H) or low (L) body weight. Weight of moisture, ash, and fat decreased and nonlipid organic matter increased during incub...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Body Weight
Breeding
Chickens
Crosses, Genetic
Eggs
Genotype
Phenotype

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