Genetic selection against intrauterine growth retardation in piglets: a problem at the piglet level with a solution at the sow level

BACKGROUND: In polytocous livestock species, litter size and offspring weight act antagonistically; in modern pig breeds, selection for increased litter size has resulted in lower mean birth weights, an increased number of small piglets and an increased number of those affected by varying degrees of...

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Autores principales: Matheson, Stephanie M., Walling, Grant A., Edwards, Sandra A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6145367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30227828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-018-0417-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6145367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30227828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-018-0417-7

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