The effect of genotype and sex on the patterns of protein accretion in pigs

Animal Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-276

  Thompson, J M ^a,b   Sun, F ^a   Kuczek, T ^a   Schinckel, A P ^a   Stewart, T S ^a  

^a Purdue University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Growth curve; Pigs; Protein retention; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030490731     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135772980001482X     Document Type: Article

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