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Correlative responses for carcass and meat quality traits to selection for ovulation rate or prenatal survival in French Large White pigs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Mar 2010
Rosendo A, Druet T, Péry C, Bidanel J P
Abstract excerpt
Correlated effects of selection for components of litter size on carcass and meat quality traits were estimated using data from 3 lines of pigs derived from the same Large White base population. Two lines were selected for 6 generations on high ovulation rate at puberty (OR) or high prenatal survival corrected for ovulation rate in the first 2 parities (PS). The third line was an unselected control (CON). The 3...
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