Genetic opportunities for pork production without castration

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-544

  Merks, J W M ^a   Hanenberg, E H A T ^a   Bloemhof, S ^a   Knol, E F ^a  

^a Institute for Pig Genetics BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Boar taint; Castration; Genetic progress; Heritability; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTERONE; SKATOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; BREEDING; CASTRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS BREEDING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; MALE; MARKET; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PORK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 70449686195     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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