Breeding replacement gilts for organic pig herds

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 615-621

  Leenhouwers, J I ^a   Ten Napel, J ^b   Hanenberg, E H A T ^a   Merks, J W M ^a  

^a Institute for Pig Genetics BV   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

breeding; organic production; pigs; simulation

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 79952986322     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173111000220X     Document Type: Article

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