GENETIC PARAMETERS AND CORRELATIONS OF EARLY WEIGHT TRAITS IN A NIGERIAN INDIGENOUS HEAVY X LIGHT ECOTYPES POPULATION OF CHICKENS

Background: Improvement of the Nigerian indigenous chickens is desirable because of its socioeconomic important. Objective: To estimate the heritability, genetic and phenotypic correlations among body weight, body length, wing length and shank length of the mating of heavy ecotype cocks with light e...

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Main Authors: Ifeanyichukwu Udeh, O.B. Ighobesuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2023-05-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
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Online Access:https://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/4433