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Economic weights for performance and survival traits of growing pigs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 2014
Hermesch S, Ludemann C I, Amer P R
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this paper was to derive economic weights for performance and survival traits of growing pigs including feed conversion ratio (FCR), daily feed intake (DFI), ADG, postweaning survival of the growing pig (SG), and carcass fat depth at the P2 site (CFD). An independent model was developed for each trait to derive economic values directly based on a typical Australian production system. This...
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