Selection for productivity and robustness traits in pigs

Animal Production Science

Volumn 55, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 1437-1447

  Hermesch, S ^a   Li, L ^a   Doeschl Wilson, A B ^b   Gilbert, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UMR1388 GenPhySE   (France)

Author keywords

breeding objective; disease resilience; environmental variation; genotype by environment interactions; residual feed intake

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIG; PRODUCTIVITY; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SURVIVAL;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84973544439     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: 18365787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN15275     Document Type: Review

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