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Genetic parameters for social effects on survival in cannibalistic layers: combining survival analysis and a linear animal model

Description : BACKGROUND: Mortality due to cannibalism in laying hens is a difficult trait to improve genetically, because censoring is high (animals still alive at the end of the testing period) and it may depend on both the individual itself and the behaviour of its group members, so-called associative effects ...
Language(s) : English
Subject(s) : Leerstoelgroep Fokkerij en genetica , Wageningen UR Livestock Research
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Source(s) : Genetics, Selection, Evolution 42 (2010) 1 , ISSN: 0999-193X
Publication Date(s) : 2010-01-01