Impact of piglet birth weight, birth order, and litter size on subsequent growth performance, carcass quality, muscle composition, and eating quality of pork

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2767-2778

  Beaulieu, A D ^a   Aalhus, J L ^b   Williams, N H ^c   Patience, J F ^a,d  

^a PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE INC   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c GENUS PLC   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Carcass quality; Litter size; Pig performance; Pork quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN; ANALYSIS; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77954647484     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2222     Document Type: Article

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