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Evaluation of alternative schemes for recording body weights in meat-type quails by using random regression.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 13 May 2013
Silva L P, Ribeiro J C, Leite C D S, Sousa M F, Bonafé C M, Caetano G C, Crispim A C, Torres R A
Abstract excerpt
Data from 8759 meat-type quails from the UFV1 strain and 9128 from the UFV2 strain were used to assess the possibility of reducing the number of body weight records in genetic evaluations. The evaluated animals were weighed weekly since hatching to the 6th week of life, with up to 7 records of body weight for each bird. The data were evaluated by random regression models, with 9 alternative schemes of data...
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