Genetic analysis of pig survival up to commercial weight in a crossbred population

Livestock Science

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-24

  Dufrasne, M ^a,b   Misztal, I ^c   Tsuruta, S ^c   Gengler, N ^a   Gray, K A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Fonds Pour la Formation À la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture FRIA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Smithfield Premium Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial weight; Crossbred; Fattening stage; Genetic analysis; Pig; Survival

Indexed keywords

PHYTOLACCACEAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84906943581     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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