Plenary contribution to International Conference on Boar Semen Preservation 2011. Genetic selection for freezability and its controversy with selection for performance

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 31-34

  Safranski, T ^a   Ford, J J ^b   Rohrer, G A ^b   Guthrie, H D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Syst Botany and Mycology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FREEZING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FREEZING; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 80052202756     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2011.01853.x     Document Type: Article

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