Genetic variation in sows' maternal behaviour, recorded under field conditions

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-71

  Vangen, O ^a   Holm, B ^a,b   Valros, A ^c   Lund, M S ^d   Rydhmer, L ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Pig Breeders' Association   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Field recordings; Heritabilities; Maternal behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444378958     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.11.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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