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Detection of QTL controlling feed efficiency and excretion in chickens fed a wheat-based diet

BACKGROUND: Improving feed efficiency is a major goal in poultry production in order to reduce production costs, increase the possibility of using alternative feedstuffs and decrease the volume of manure. However, in spite of their economic and environmental impact, very few quantitative trait loci...

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Autores principales: Mignon-Grasteau, Sandrine, Rideau, Nicole, Gabriel, Irène, Chantry-Darmon, Céline, Boscher, Marie-Yvonne, Sellier, Nadine, Chabault, Marie, Le Bihan-Duval, Elisabeth, Narcy, Agnès
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4582934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26407557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-015-0156-y