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Study of genetic and non-genetic effects on cumulative survival in a crossbred population of quail.
Tropical animal health and production - 13 Dec 2022
Faraji-Arough Hadi, Maghsoudi Ali, Rokouei Mohammad
Abstract excerpt
Minimizing bird mortality in the commercial quail breeding industry is important from an economic and welfare perspective. Genetic and non-genetic factors can influence on the cumulative survival of the birds (CS). Accordingly, this study aimed to investigate non-genetic factors on CSs (cumulative survival of the birds from hatch to 5 (CS1), 10 (CS2), 15 (CS3), 20 (CS4), 25 (CS5), 30 (CS6), 35 (CS7), 40 (CS8),...
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