Fattening, carcass and meat quality traits of hybrid pigs as influenced by MHS genotype and feeding systems

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-49

  Kusec, Goran ^a   Baulain, Ulrich ^b,c   Henning, Martina ^b,c   Köhler, Peter ^b,c   Kallweit, Erhard ^b,c  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Meat quality; MHS genotype; Pig

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 14844292716     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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