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Effects of Observed Incubation Behavior on Egg Production in Laying Hens of a Commercial Chicken Breed and Detection of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with the Incubation Behavior

Upon contact with laid eggs, avians initiate incubation behavior and stop laying additional eggs. This phenomenon suggests that the productivity of laying hens in free-range facilities may decrease because of frequent contact with laid eggs. Here, we examined whether hens of a commercial breed exhib...

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Autores principales: Yonetani, Yuichiro, Nagano, Atsushi J., Ueno, Hideki, Amano, Tomoko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Poultry Science Association 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9039150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35528377
http://dx.doi.org/10.2141/jpsa.0210037