Effects of selection for high and low plasma glucose concentration in chickens |
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| Authors: | B Leclercq J Simon F H Ricard |
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| Affiliation: | Station de Recherches Avicoles, Centre INRA de Tours, Monnaie, France. |
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| Abstract: | 1. Two lines of broilers exhibiting low (LG) or high (HG) plasma glucose concentrations were selected from a pure line of White Rock chickens. 2. Realised heritabilities were close to 0.25 in both lines. 3. The LG line was significantly fatter than the HG line; this difference was more pronounced in females than in males. 4. Food was utilised less efficiently by the LG line than by the HG one. |
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