Genetic Relationships among Production Traits and Rebreeding Performance

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-60

  Ten Napel, Jan ^a   Johnson, Rodger ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Pigs; Reproduction; Selection

Indexed keywords

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

AGING; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; TIME; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030635684     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75151x     Document Type: Article

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