Economic weights for performance and survival traits of growing pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5358-5366

  Hermesch, S ^a   Ludemann, C I ^b   Amer, P R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b AbacusBio Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c ABACUSBIO LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding objective; Economic value; Genetic; Selection index; Sire line

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; EATING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; EATING; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; METHODS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84946167614     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2014-7944     Document Type: Article

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