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Genetic analysis of production, physiological, and egg quality traits in heat-challenged commercial white egg-laying hens using 600k SNP array data

BACKGROUND: Heat stress negatively affects the welfare and production of chickens. High ambient temperature is considered one of the most ubiquitous abiotic environmental challenges to laying hens around the world. In this study, we recorded several production traits, feed intake, body weight, diges...

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Autores principales: Rowland, Kaylee, Ashwell, Chris M., Persia, Michael E., Rothschild, Max F., Schmidt, Carl, Lamont, Susan J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6593552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31238874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-019-0474-6