Abstract:Three studies were conducted using 50 to 53-day-old broilers to determine the ability of a sample to estimate certain parameters of the group from which it was taken. The effects of sampling, processing, reduction to parts, sample size, sex, and genetic cross on the distribution characteristics of the sample were also evaluated.The range method of sample selection produced samples that estimated the replicate means of two genetic crosses, AA/AA and P/AA, with equal accuracy. The random method of sample selecti… Show more
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