Sensitivity of breeding values for carcass traits of meat-type quail to changes in dietary (methionine + cystine):lysine ratio using reaction norm models

• Published in: Journal of animal breeding and genetics (1986) Vol. 133; no. 6; pp. 463 - 475
• Main Authors: Miranda, J.A., Pires, A.V., Abreu, L.R.A., Mota, L.F.M., Silva, M.A., Bonafé, C.M., Lima, H.J.D., Martins, P.G.M.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Animal Feed; Animals; Body Weight; Breeding; Breeding of animals; Carcass yield; Coturnix coturnix; Cystine - metabolism; Diet - veterinary; genotype × environment interaction; Lysine - metabolism; Meat; Methionine - metabolism; Models, Biological; Population genetics; Quail - classification; Quail - physiology; random regression; residual effect; Wildfowl; Carcass yield; genotype × environment interaction; random regression; Coturnix coturnix; residual effect

Summary Our objective was to evaluate changes in breeding values for carcass traits of two meat‐type quail (Coturnix coturnix) strains (LF1 and LF2) to changes in the dietary (methionine + cystine):lysine ([Met + Cys]:Lys) ratio due to genotype by environment (G × E) interaction via reaction norm. A...