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Expected and realized response in various traits of broiler dam and sire lines

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Title Expected and realized response in various traits of broiler dam and sire lines
 
Creator KUMAR, SHIVE
SINGH, R P
 
Subject Age at first egg; Body weight; Egg number; Egg weight; Response
 
Description A study was conducted on 7672 cockerel and pullet birds of dam line and 3223 cockerel and pullet birds of sire line to know the expected and realized response in various traits of broiler dam and sire lines. The Age at first egg was expected to decrease by–0.20 days and the realized response was found to be similar–0.19 days. The egg number was expected to increase 15.29 eggs and the realized was found to be 11.0 eggs over four generation of selection. The present results pointed out that egg number was improved with negligible decline in egg weight. In most of the broiler traits discrepancies between expected and realized responses were observed in all generations. The possible reason for the discrepancies may be that natural selection might have played its role. Simultaneous selection for several antagonistic traits could minimize selection progress. In over all generation the similar response were observed between expected and realized response for reproductive traits viz. age at first egg and egg number. It means we can judge the egg number and age at first egg through expected response in further generation of commercial broiler dam line.
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2011-01-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/3136
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 79, No 10 (2009)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/3136/1203
 
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