Effect of service sire and validity of repeatability model in litter size and farrowing interval of Finnish Landrace and Large White populations

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 213-222

  Serenius, T ^a   Sevon Aimonen M L ^a   Mantysaari E A ^a  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fertility traits; Heritability; Parity; Pig; Service sire effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037947661     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00300-7     Document Type: Article

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