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Impact of including the cause of missing records on genetic evaluations for growth in commercial pigs

It is of interest to evaluate crossbred pigs for hot carcass weight (HCW) and birth weight (BW); however, obtaining a HCW record is dependent on livability (LIV) and retained tag (RT). The purpose of this study is to analyze how HCW evaluations are affected when herd removal and missing identificati...

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Autores principales: Hollifield, Mary Kate, Lourenco, Daniela, Tsuruta, Shogo, Bermann, Matias, Howard, Jeremy T, Misztal, Ignacy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8379715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34343280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab226