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Effect of divergent selection for postweaning average daily gain on front-end soundness of market-weight pigs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jul 1995
Woltmann M D, Clutter A C, Buchanan D S
Abstract excerpt
A total of 975 barrows and gilts from lines divergently selected for postweaning ADG were evaluated for front-end structural soundness (scored on a scale from 1, extreme leg weakness, to 8, superior leg structure) at approximately 100 kg, as well as growth performance and backfat thickness. Selection was for either fast (line F) or slow (line S) ADG from 9 wk of age to 100 kg and was replicated in spring- and...
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