Effects of sire breed on the subsequent reproductive performances of landrace sows

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-493

  Huang, Y H ^a   Yang, T S ^a   Lee, Y P ^a,b   Roan, S W ^a,b   Liu, S H ^a  

^a ANIMAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE TAIWAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Litter Size; Parity; Sire Effects; Sow; Survival Rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037384286     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.489     Document Type: Article

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