a total of 2000 records of egg quality of 746 birds and body weight data from 17th generation of fars native fowl breeding station were used to estimate the genetic parameters of egg quality and body weight traits. six univariate animal models with different random effects were fitted for each trait. a model with direct additive genetic and maternal permanent environmental effects was the most ...

heritability, environmentaland genetic correlations between body weight at hatch (bw0), eight (bw8) and twelve (bw12) weeksof age, body weight at sexual maturity (bwm), age at sexual maturity (afe),the weight of the first egg laid by the hen (ewm), the mean egg weight from 28 to 32 wks (ew28-32) and egg numbers (ens) were estimated by the restricted maximum likelihood method under an animal mod...

This study was conducted to estimate the genetic parameters influencing egg quality in Khorasan Razavi native fowl. (Co)Variance components were estimated by the Bayesian statistical method via Gibbs sampling in GIBBS3F90 software. 1000 eggs (28-29 weeks old) were collected from 775 hens of the ninth generation of Khorasan-Razavi Province native fowl breeding center. External (egg weight,specif...

Heritability, environmentaland genetic correlations between body weight at hatch (BW0), eight (BW8) and twelve (BW12) weeksof age, body weight at sexual maturity (BWM), age at sexual maturity (AFE),the weight of the first egg laid by the hen (EWM), the mean egg weight from 28 to 32 wks (EW28-32) and egg numbers (ENs) were estimated by the restricted maximum likelihood method under an animal mod...

the present study was conducted to estimate correlations among performance and egg quality traits in iranian native fowl. data were collected from 21,679 birdsat the isfahan native fowl breeding center to derive genetic parameters for performance traits and egg quality traits were measured on eggs of 1,020 birds. genetic correlations of performance and egg quality traits were estimated with a b...

the present research was conducted to analyze the genetic structure of egg quality traits in japanese quail. external and internal egg quality traits were assessed on 1706 eggs of laying japanese quail. eggs were collected for 4 days at the quaits 10 weeks of age. the investigated traits were analyzed through univariate as well as multivariate animal models employing restricted maximum likeliho...

the data of this study were collected by indigenous chicken breeding centers in the west azerbaijan for 11 generations. the (co) variance components, heritability's, correlations between traits and breeding values were estimated by multi-trait animal model using wombat software. the genetic trends of traits over 11 generations of selection, using average function of breeding values per gen...

this study was conducted to investigate direct and maternal effects on some economic traits in north iranian native fowls. traits considered were body weight at 1 day of age (bw1), body weight at 8 weeks of age (bw8), body weight at 12 weeks of age (bw12), egg number (en) during the first 12 weeks of laying period, egg weight at 1st day of laying (ew1), mean egg weight at 28th, 30th and 32nd we...

the main aim of this research was to estimate the genetic and phenotypic parameters for productive and reproductive traits of esfahan native chickens. traits included body weights at hatch (bw1), 8 weeks of age (bw8), 12 weeks of age (bw12), and at sexual maturity (wsm)], age at sex maturity (asm), egg number (en), average egg weight (aew) in the first 12 weeks of production, and egg production...