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Genetic parameters for ostrich incubation traits in South Africa

  • 2009
  • Issue: 4
  • Volume: 39
Z. Brand, S.W.P. Cloete, I.A. Malecki and C.R. Brown Page: 253 - 259

Data obtained from a pair-mated ostrich flock located at Oudtshoorn, South Africa, were used to estimate genetic parameters for egg weight (EWT), weight of day-old chicks (CWT), water loss to 21  (WL21) and 35 (WL35) days of incubation, and pipping…

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Systematic factors that affect ostrich egg incubation traits

  • 2008
  • Issue: 4
  • Volume: 38
Z. Brand, S.W.P. Cloete, C.R. Brown and I.A. Malecki Page: 315 - 325

Data obtained from a pair-mated ostrich flock maintained at Oudtshoorn, South Africa, were used to estimate environmental and genetic parameters for egg weight (EWT), water loss of incubated eggs up to 21 days (WL21), water loss up to 35 days…

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