Survival, Body Weights, Feed Efficiency, and Carcass Traits of 7/8 White Composite and 1/8 Duroc, 1/8 Meishan, 1/8 Fengjing, or 1/8 Minzhu Pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1550-1558

  Young, L D ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeds; Carcasses; Growth; Pigs

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; NEWBORN; NIPPLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEAT; NIPPLES; SWINE;

EID: 0032086235     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7661550x     Document Type: Article

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