Genetic analysis of the service sire effect on litter size in swine

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-94

  Van Der Lende, T ^a   Willemsen, M H A ^a   Van Arendonk, J A M ^a   Van Haandel, E B P G ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Euribrid BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetics; Heritability; Litter size; Service sire; Swine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032987593     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00182-1     Document Type: Article

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