“…In the classification of Gomes (2000), a CV of 10% is considered as low, whereas in the present study it is considered very high for feed intake, egg production, eggshell thickness, and specific gravity, and very high for the remaining parameters. This stresses the importance of establishing specific CV classifications, as currently proposed for crops (Clemente & Muniz, 2002;Costa et al, 2002;Carvalho et al, 2003;Lima et al, 2004;Oliveira et al, 2009) and animal production (Judice et al, 1999;Judice et al, 2002;Lana et al, 2006;Mohallem et al, 2008), allowing researchers to verify the accuracy of their own results and of those published in literature.…”