Sex proportion as a covariate increases the statistical test power in growth performance based experiments using as-hatched broilers

• Ashley D. England,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

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• Sosthene Musigwa,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1089-0786

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• Alip Kumar,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

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• Ali Daneshmand,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

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• Kosar Gharib-Naseri,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

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• Sarbast K. Kheravii,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

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• Gene Pesti,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, Department of Poultry Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Shu-Biao Wu

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shubiao.wu@une.edu.au

  Affiliation School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1790-6015

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