Effects of social interactions on empirical responses to selection for average daily gain of boars

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 844-849

  Chen, C Y ^a   Johnson, R K ^a   Newman, S ^b   Kachman, S D ^a   Van Vleck, L D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Genus PIC NA   (United States)

^c U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Response to selection; Social interaction; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; GENETICS; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; SUIDAE;

EID: 62149140197     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-0937     Document Type: Article

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