Heritability of sow longevity and lifetime prolificacy in Finnish Yorkshire and Landrace Pigs

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 325-330

  Sevón Aimonen, Marja Liisa ^a   Uimari, Pekka ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Piglets; Selection; Variance components

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 84886885940     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: 17951895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.7991     Document Type: Article

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