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Modeling response to heat stress in pigs from nucleus and commercial farms in different locations in the United States.
Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 2016
Fragomeni B O, Lourenco D A L, Tsuruta S, Andonov S, Gray K, Huang Y, Misztal I
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of seasonal losses due to heat stress in different environments and genetic group combinations. Data were available for 2 different swine populations: purebred Duroc animals raised in nucleus farms in Texas and North Carolina and crosses of Duroc and F females (Landrace × Large White) raised in commercial farms in Missouri and North Carolina; pedigrees provided...
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