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Inheritance of growth traits and impact of selection on carcass and egg quality traits in Vanashree, an improved indigenous chicken.
Tropical animal health and production - 17 Jan 2021
Haunshi Santosh, U Rajkumar, Paswan C, Prince L L L, Chatterjee R N
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The present study was carried out to assess the inheritance of growth traits and to study the effect of selection on carcass characteristics and egg quality traits in Vanashree, an improved indigenous chicken. Estimates of heritability were high for body weights recorded at 4, 5 and 6 weeks of age and 8th week shank length, while it was moderate for 8th week body weight. Estimates of heritability on sire...
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