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Egg laying and egg quality in meat type quails in diallel crosses.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 7 Oct 2014
Drumond E C S, Pires A V, Bonafé C M, Pinheiro S R F, Veloso R C, Amaral J M, Abreu L R A
Abstract excerpt
This study aimed to assess egg laying and egg quality in quail lines in diallel crosses. We evaluated 16 genetic groups obtained from crosses of four strains of meat quails (L1, L2, L3, and L4) in a complete diallel. We assessed weekly egg number (WEN), egg yield (EY), egg weight (EW), and Haugh unit (HU) for: 51-80, 81-110, 111-140, and 51-140 days (whole period) old. The general combining capacity (GCC) showed...
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