Genetics of residual feed intake in growing pigs: Relationships with production traits, and nitrogen and phosphorus excretion traits

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2542-2554

  Saintilan, R ^a   Merour I ^b,g   Brossard, L ^c,d   Tribout, T ^a   Dourmad, J Y ^c,d   Sellier, P ^a,d   Bidanel, J ^b   van Milgen, J ^c,d   Gilbert, H ^a,e,f  

^a UMR1313 GÉNÉTIQUE ANIMALE ET BIOLOGIE INTÉGRATIVE   (France)

^b IFIP Institut du Porc   (France)

^c PEGASE   (France)

^d AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^g NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Excretion traits; Genetic parameters; Pig; Production traits; Residual feed intake

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; DIET; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; DIET; FEMALE; FRANCE; HALOTHANE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84882673546     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5687     Document Type: Article

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