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Using single-step genomic best linear unbiased predictor to enhance the mitigation of seasonal losses due to heat stress in pigs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 2016
Fragomeni B O, Lourenco D A L, Tsuruta S, Bradford H L, Gray K A, Huang Y, Misztal I
Abstract excerpt
The purposes of this study were to analyze the impact of seasonal losses due to heat stress in pigs from different breeds raised in different environments and to evaluate the accuracy improvement from adding genomic information to genetic evaluations. Data were available for 2 different swine populations: purebred Duroc animals raised in Texas and North Carolina and commercial crosses of Duroc and F females...
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