Assessing peripheral blood cell profile of Yorkshire pigs divergently selected for residual feed intake

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 892-899

  Mpetile, Z ^a   Young, J M ^a   Gabler, N K ^a   Dekkers, J C M ^a   Tuggle, C K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete blood count; Immune traits; Pigs; Residual feed intake; Selection

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EATING; ECONOMICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CELLS; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SWINE;

EID: 84973358375     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2014-8132     Document Type: Article

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