Influence of breed, age and body weight on organ weight in the chicken1
- 1 July 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Poultry Science
- Vol. 8 (3) , 183-191
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00071666708415667
Abstract
Body, liver, heart and spleen weights were measured in 3 different breeds and 2 breed crosses over an age range of 0–8 weeks. Correlation coefficients, linear regression equations, standard deviations of observations around regression lines, and the standard errors of the slopes were calculated to study the effects of age, breed, and body weight on organ weight. The principal findings were:Keywords
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