Economic values for meat quality traits in pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2633-2640

  Von Rohr, P ^a,b   Hofer, A ^a   Kunzi N ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Meat quality; Pigs; Selection

Indexed keywords

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ECONOMICS; GENOTYPE; MEAT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; GENOTYPE; MEAT; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY CONTROL; SWINE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033211043     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.77102633x     Document Type: Article

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