Forssido T, Jaap R G
Poult Sci. 1975 Jan;54(1):304-5. doi: 10.3382/ps.0540304.
Small 1.1 kg. egg-type pullets having the sex-linked dw dwarfing gene were more resistant to a force molting program started at 11 months of age than were their 1.4 kg. non-dwarf counterparts. Water deprivation appeared to prevent egg production sooner in the dwarfs than in the non-dwarfs but egg production eight weeks after initiation of the force molt program was 46 per cent versus 64 per cent for the non-dwarf pullets.
体重1.1千克、带有性连锁dw矮小基因的蛋用型小母鸡，比体重1.4千克的非矮小对应母鸡，对11月龄开始的强制换羽程序更具抗性。断水似乎使矮小母鸡比非矮小母鸡更快停止产蛋，但强制换羽程序开始八周后的产蛋率，矮小母鸡为46%，而非矮小母鸡为64%。
