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Genetic parameters and purebred-crossbred genetic correlations for growth, meat quality, and carcass traits in pigs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 2020
Esfandyari Hadi, Thekkoot Dinesh, Kemp Robert, Plastow Graham, Dekkers Jack
Abstract excerpt
Growth, meat quality, and carcass traits are of economic importance in swine breeding. Understanding their genetic basis in purebred (PB) and commercial crossbred (CB) pigs is necessary for a successful breeding program because, although the breeding goal is to improve CB performance, phenotype collection and selection are usually carried out in PB populations housed in biosecure nucleus herds. Thus, the...
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