Responses to 19 generations of litter size selection in the NE Index line. II. Growth and carcass responses estimated in pure line and crossbred litters

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1895-1902

  Petry, D B ^a   Holl, J W ^a   Johnson, R K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b A218 Animal Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcass; Crossbreeding; Growth; Litter Size; Pigs; Selection

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 3142575509     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.8271895x     Document Type: Article

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