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- Title
Genetic properties of feed efficiency parameters in meat-type chickens.
- Authors
Aggrey, Samuel E; Karnuah, Arthur B; Sebastian, Bram; Anthony, Nicholas B
- Abstract
Feed cost constitutes about 70% of the cost of raising broilers, but the efficiency of feed utilization has not kept up the growth potential of today's broilers. Improvement in feed efficiency would reduce the amount of feed required for growth, the production cost and the amount of nitrogenous waste. We studied residual feed intake (RFI) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) over two age periods to delineate their genetic inter-relationships.
- Publication
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE, 2010, Vol 42, p25
- ISSN
1297-9686
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1297-9686-42-25