Sows having high lifetime efficiency and high longevity associated with herd productivity in commercial herds

Livestock Science

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 140-146

  Sasaki, Yosuke ^a   Koketsu, Yuzo ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertility; Herd productivity; Lifetime performance; Longevity; Prolificacy

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 51349130235     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.12.029     Document Type: Article

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