Evidence of phenotypic relationships among behavioral characteristics of individual pigs and performance

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 218-224

  Cassady, J P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backtest; Behavioral trait; Correlation; Performance; Pig; Resident intruder test

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SWINE;

EID: 34247520668     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-310     Document Type: Article

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