Heritability of body length and measures of body density and their relationship to backfat thickness and loin muscle area in swine

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1943-1949

  Johnson, Z B ^a   Nugent III, R A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Tyson Foods Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Backfat; Body Density; Body Length; Longissimus dorsi; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; WEANING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SWINE; WEANING;

EID: 0642309703     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.8181943x     Document Type: Article

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