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Residual feed intake breeding value associated with growth, carcass traits, meat quality, bone properties and humoral immunity in Japanese quail.
Tropical animal health and production - 31 Mar 2023
Mahmoudi Zarandi Mojdeh, Faraji-Arough Hadi, Rokouei Mohammad, Mehri Mehran
Abstract excerpt
Improved feed efficiency (FE) is one of the most important achievements in animal breeding programs. The present investigation aimed to determine the phenotypic correlations of residual feed intake (RFI) breeding value with some traits in growing Japanese quail. A total of 48 birds (24 males and 24 females) were selected from 220 quail chicks divided into three classes based on breeding values (BV) for RFI...
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