The effect of age at the first mating and herd size on the lifetime productivity of sows

Animal Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-64

  Babot, Daniel ^a   Chavez, Eduardo R ^a,b   Noguera, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age at first mating; Litter size; Longevity; Performance; Pigs; Productivity; Sow

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0041886636     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2003001     Document Type: Article

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