The relationship between parental yolk cholesterol and yolk fat concentration to abdominal fat content and feed conversion ratio of their respective offspring.

doi:10.1093/ps/77.3.377

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The relationship between parental yolk cholesterol and yolk fat concentration to abdominal fat content and feed conversion ratio of their respective offspring.

Poultry science - 1 Mar 1998

Suk Y O, Washburn K W

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The correlation of yolk cholesterol and yolk fat concentrations of egg from the pedigreed Athens-Canadian Randombred control population with the percentage of abdominal fat (AF) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of their progeny were studied. The average yolk cholesterol, yolk fat, and AF were 20.3...

Topics

Abdomen
Adipose Tissue
Animals
Chickens
Cholesterol
Digestion
Egg Yolk
Lipids
Pedigree
Phenotype

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