Predicted response in food conversion ratio for growth by selection on the ratio or on linear component traits, in a (sequential) selection programme.

doi:10.1080/00071669608417863

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Predicted response in food conversion ratio for growth by selection on the ratio or on linear component traits, in a (sequential) selection programme.

British poultry science - 1 May 1996

Koerhuis A N, Hill W G

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1. Direct versus indirect selection for food conversion ratio of growth (FCR) after selection for live body weight (LWT), a sequential scheme often applied in broilers, was considered. In the present study loss of response in either FCR or aggregate genotype (H) when LWT was included was investig...

Topics

Animal Feed
Animals
Body Weight
Chickens
Genotype
Growth
Models, Biological
Models, Genetic
Models, Statistical
Phenotype

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