In large litters birth weight and gender is decisive for growth performance but less for carcass and pork quality traits

Meat Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 845-851

  Berard J ^a,b   Kreuzer, M ^b   Bee, G ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Carcass quality; Gender; Litter size; Meat quality; Pig; Postnatal growth

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARCASS QUALITY; GENDER; LITTER SIZE; MEAT QUALITY; PIG; POSTNATAL GROWTH;

MUSCLE; VEHICLES;

MEATS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MEAT; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 81155162063     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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