Genetic study of individual preweaning mortality and birth weight in Large White piglets using threshold-linear models

Livestock Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 208-218

  Arango, J ^a   Misztal, I ^a   Tsuruta, S ^a   Culbertson, M ^b   Holl, J W ^b   Herring, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Smithfield Premium Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Piglet mortality; Preweaning mortality; Stillbirth; Threshold models

Indexed keywords

PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 33646342517     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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