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Genetic relationships among pig behavior, growth, backfat, and loin muscle area.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 2009
Velie B D, Maltecca C, Cassady J P
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to estimate repeatabilities and heritabilities for measures of pig behavior and their relationship with performance. Measures of behavior and performance included the backtest, resident-intruder test, human approach test (HAT), novel object test (NOT), d 1 BW, backfat depth (BF), loin muscle area (LMA), ADG in the farrowing house, ADG, 21-d BW, and 140-d BW (W). Each behavioral...
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