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A correlation between egg albumen weight and shank width in inbred lines of brown leghorns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. S. S. Blyth
J. S. S. Blyth
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Poultry Research Centre, Edinburgh 9
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In the inbred lines of a flock of Brown Leghorns, it was noted that the line means for albumen weight ranked in the same order as those for shank width. The parallelism was not due to the large differences in body weight existing between the lines.

It was established that variations in albumen weight were more closely associated with changes in shank width than were those of yolk weight. It is possible, but not definitely established, that shell weight follows the behaviour of albumen in this respect.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , February 1955 , pp. 293 - 297
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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