Selection for daily gain, loin-eye area, backfat thickness and intramuscular fat based on desired gains over seven generations of Duroc pigs

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 97, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 193-202

  Suzuki, K ^a   Kadowaki, H ^b   Shibata, T ^b   Uchida, H ^c   Nishida, A ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miyagi Prefecture Animal Industry Experiment Station   (Japan)

^c MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desired gains; Genetic parameters; Intramuscular fat; Pigs; Selection

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 27744507529     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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