Consequences of the natural course of articular osteochondrosis in pigs for the suitability of computed tomography as a screening tool

BACKGROUND: A significant heritability has been documented for articular osteochondrosis. Selection against osteochondrosis has historically been based on macroscopic evaluation, but as computed tomography (CT) now is used to select boars with optimal body composition it can potentially also be used...

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Autores principales: Olstad, Kristin, Kongsro, Jørgen, Grindflek, Eli, Dolvik, Nils I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25199991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-014-0212-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25199991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-014-0212-9

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