Heritability of post-mixing aggressiveness in grower-stage pigs and its relationship with production traits

Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 615-620

  Turner, S P ^a   White, I M S ^b   Brotherstone, S ^a   Farnworth, M J ^a,f   Knap, P W ^c   Penny, P ^d   Mendl, M ^e   Lawrence, A B ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c PIC International Group   (Germany)

^d JSR Farming Group   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aggression; Heritability; Lesions; Pigs; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34248525135     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: 1748748X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/ASC200678     Document Type: Article

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