Genetic determination of individual birth weight, litter weight and litter size in Mukota pigs

Livestock Science

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 69-77

  Chimonyo, M ^a   Dzama, K ^b   Bhebhe, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Heritability; Litter size; Maternal effects; Mukota pigs

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33750492984     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.04.034     Document Type: Article

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