Effect of piglet birth weight on body weight, growth, backfat, and longissimus muscle area of commercial market swine

Livestock Science

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-59

  Fix, J S ^a   Cassady, J P ^a   Herring, W O ^b   Holl, J W ^b   Culbertson, M S ^b   See, M T ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Smithfield Premium Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Composition; Growth performance; Pigs

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 70449519415     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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