A comparison between different survival and threshold models with an application to piglet preweaning survival in a dry-cured ham-producing crossbred line

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1990-1998

  Cecchinato, A ^a   Gonzalez Recio O ^b   Lopez de Maturana E ^b   Gallo, L ^a   Carnier, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Piglet; Preweaning mortality; Survival analysis; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUCKLING; SURVIVAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE;

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 77952815079     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2460     Document Type: Article

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