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Genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits in Jinhua, Duroc, and their crossbred pigs.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Jan 2024
Terada Kei, Ohtani Toshiyuki, Ogawa Shinichiro, Hirooka Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
Jinhua pigs have excellent meat quality and intramuscular fat content (IMF). Crossbreeding of Jinhua with Duroc pigs with high productivity was conducted to develop a new composite breed that possesses the beneficial characteristics of both breeds. The objective of this study was to estimate the crossbreeding parameters (additive breed, dominance, and epistatic loss effects) using the Kinghorn model and genetic...
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