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Principal Component Analysis of Conformation and Blood Marker Traits at Pre- and Post-Weaning Stages of Growth in F2 Crossbred Nigerian Indigenous X Landrace Pigs.
Animal biotechnology - 1 Jan 2015
Okoro V M, Ogundu U E, Okani M, Oziri I, Eneowo O, Olisenekwu O T, Kadurumba O, Ogbuewu I P, Onyemauwa S, Ukwu H O, Ibe S N
Abstract excerpt
Linear body measurements and blood hematology and biochemistry parameters were taken on 92 and 15 grower pigs, respectively, chosen randomly from a crossbred F2 population of Nigerian Indigenous (NI) x Landrace pigs to evaluate body conformation and blood marker traits using a multivariate approach. For linear body measurements at pre-weaning stage (4 weeks old), two principal components accounted for 91.63% of...
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