Genetic aspects regarding piglet losses and the maternal behaviour of sows. Part 1. Genetic analysis of piglet mortality and fertility traits in pigs

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1273-1280

  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

Causes of losses; Correlation; Heritability; Piglet mortality; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 49449116542     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108002504     Document Type: Article

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