Effect of divergent selection for postweaning average daily gain on front-end soundness of market-weight pigs.

doi:10.2527/1995.7371940x

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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

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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. Selec...

Topics

Animals
Female
Male
Muscle, Skeletal
Phenotype
Seasons
Selection, Genetic
Sex Characteristics
Swine
Weaning
Weight Gain

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