Estimation of direct and maternal genetic (co) variances for survival within litters of piglets

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 163-171

  Van Arendonk, Johan A M ^a   Van Rosmeulen, Coen ^a,b   Janss, Luc L G ^a   Knol, Egbert F ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Europon ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Dalland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetic parameters; Gibbs sampling; Pig; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000370905     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(96)01384-X     Document Type: Article

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