Genetic aspects regarding piglet losses and the maternal behaviour of sows. Part 2. Genetic relationship between maternal behaviour in sows and piglet mortality

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1281-1288

  Hellbrugge B ^a   Tolle K H ^b   Bennewitz, J ^a   Henze, C ^a   Presuhn, U ^c   Krieter, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Chamber of Agriculture Schleswig Holstein   (Germany)

^c Farm Concepts GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Causes of losses; Correlation; Heritability; Maternal ability; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449084426     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108002516     Document Type: Article

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