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Genetic basis and identification of candidate genes for wooden breast and white striping in commercial broiler chickens.
Scientific reports - 24 Mar 2021
Lake Juniper A, Dekkers Jack C M, Abasht Behnam
Abstract excerpt
Wooden breast (WB) and white striping (WS) are highly prevalent and economically damaging muscle disorders of modern commercial broiler chickens characterized respectively by palpable firmness and fatty white striations running parallel to the muscle fiber. High feed efficiency and rapid growth, especially of the breast muscle, are believed to contribute to development of such muscle defects; however, their...
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