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Sex impact on the quality of fatty liver and its genetic determinism in mule ducks.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 2015
Marie-Etancelin C, Retailleau B, Alinier A, Vitezica Z G
Abstract excerpt
Recent changes to French regulations now allow farmers to produce "foie gras" from both male and female mule ducks. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of female fatty liver and to compare, from a phenotypic and genetic point of view, liver quality in males and females. A total of 914 mule ducks (591 males and 323 females), hatched in a single pedigree batch, were reared until 86 d of age and then...
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