A Measuring Device for Shank Length of Living Birds
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This article is published in Poultry Science.The article was published on 1937-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 13 citations till now.read more
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The Improvement of New Hampshire Fryers
TL;DR: In this paper, the establishment of definite standards for measuring desirable traits of fryers, as well as reasonable assurance that predictable amounts of improvement can be made are needed before the adoption of an elaborate breeding program involving meat production may be regarded as a sound commercial venture.
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Genetical studies on growth and form in the fowl 1. Phenotypic variation in the relative growth pattern of shank length and body-weight
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Shank Length as a Criterion of Inherent Size
TL;DR: A review of literature on the inheritance of size with particular reference to the domestic fowl can be found in this article, where the authors present a review of the literature on domestic domestic birds.
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Measuring Strain Differences in the Conformation of Turkeys
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used linear measurements of bones (for example, length of the tarsometatarsus or shank) and body dimensional measurements (for instance, depth of body).