Animal-intrinsic variation in the partitioning of body protein and lipid in growing pigs

Animal Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-37

  Knap, P W ^a,c   Jorgensen H ^b  

^a P/C Group   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body fat; Body protein; Heritability; Pigs; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342652689     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800051572     Document Type: Article

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