What determines hatchling weight: breeder age or incubated egg weight?

Two experiments were carried out to determine which factor influences weight at hatch of broiler chicks: breeder age or incubated egg weight. In Experiment 1, 2340 eggs produced by 29- and 55-week-old Ross® broiler breeders were incubated. The eggs selected for incubation weighed one standard deviat...

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Main Authors: AB Traldi, JFM Menten, CS Silva, PV Rizzo, PWZ Pereira, J Santarosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2011-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2011000400011