No evidence that selection for egg production persistency causes loss of bone quality in laying hens

BACKGROUND: The physiological adaptations that have evolved for egg laying make hens susceptible to bone fractures and keel bone damage. In modern laying hen breeds, longer periods of egg laying could result in a greater risk of poor bone quality, and selection for increased egg production has frequ...

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Publié dans:Genet Sel Evol
Auteurs principaux: Dunn, Ian C., De Koning, Dirk-Jan, McCormack, Heather A., Fleming, Robert H., Wilson, Peter W., Andersson, Björn, Schmutz, Matthias, Benavides, Cristina, Dominguez-Gasca, Nazaret, Sanchez-Rodriguez, Estefania, Rodriguez-Navarro, Alejandro B.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BioMed Central 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7860618/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33541269
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-021-00603-8
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