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Multiple trait model combining random regressions for daily feed intake with single measured performance traits of growing pigs.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 1 Jan 2000
Schnyder Urs, Hofer Andreas, Labroue Florence, Künzi Niklaus
Abstract excerpt
A random regression model for daily feed intake and a conventional multiple trait animal model for the four traits average daily gain on test (ADG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), carcass lean content and meat quality index were combined to analyse data from 1449 castrated male Large White pigs performance tested in two French central testing stations in 1997. Group housed pigs fed ad libitum with electronic feed...
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