A study of heterogeneity of environmental variance for slaughter weight in pigs

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-26

  Ibanez Escriche N ^a,c   Varona, L ^a   Sorensen, D ^b   Noguera, J L ^a  

^a Genètica I Millora Animal IRTA   (Spain)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Heterogeneous environmental variance; Pigs; Slaughter weight

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 42049084447     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107001000     Document Type: Article

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