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Heterosis in Body Weight and Short- Term Egg Production of Crosses Between Parent Stock of Gold- Link and Local Chicken of Nigeria

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Abstract

The effect of crossing the Local Chicken of Nigeria with B72
strain parent stock of Wld-T;ink on body weight, age at first egg, and
egg pmductian including egg weight and laying mortality was investigated
at the Poultry Unit of the University of Nigeria farm at Nmkkao