Genetic improvement of laying hens viability using survival analysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The survival of about eight generations of a large strain of laying hens was analysed separating the rearing period (RP) from the production period (PP), after hens were housed. For RP (respectively PP), 97.8% (resp., 94.1% ) of the 109 160 (resp., 100 665) femal...

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Main Authors: Besbes Badi, Ducrocq Vincent, Protais Michel
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2000-01-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
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Online Access:http://www.gsejournal.org/content/32/1/23