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Effects of sire line, birth weight and sex on growth performance and carcass traits of crossbred pigs under standardized environmental conditions

A variety of available terminal sire lines makes the choice of terminal sire line complex for the pig producer. Higher birth weights are important for subsequent growth performance and selection for this trait is also necessary in sire lines. The aim was to investigate the effect of sire line, birth...

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Autores principales: Elbert, Kathrin, Matthews, Neal, Wassmuth, Ralf, Tetens, Jens
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Copernicus GmbH 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7648295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33178885
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/aab-63-367-2020