Growth, efficiency, and yield of commercial broilers from 1957, 1978, and 2005

Raised 1957, 1978, and 2005 broiler chicken breeds under identical conditions: the 2005 bird grew to over four times the weight in the same time. The clearest documentation of what selective breeding has done to the animals themselves.

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