Effect of breed, sex and birth parity on growth, carcass and meat quality in pigs

Frontiers of Agriculture in China

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-337

  Tang, Zhonglin ^a,b   Peng, Zhongzhen ^b   Liu, Bang ^b   Fan, Bin ^b   Zhao, Shuhong ^b   Li, Xiaoping ^b   Xu, Sanping ^c   Li, Kui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Animal Husbandry Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Birth parity; Breed; Carcass composition; Growth performance; Meat quality; Sex

Indexed keywords

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 48349089243     PISSN: 16737334     EISSN: 1673744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11703-008-0054-y     Document Type: Article

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