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Carcass composition in pigs selected for components of efficient lean growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

E.A. Bruce
Affiliation:
AFRC Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Roslin, EH25 9PS
N. D. Cameron
Affiliation:
AFRC Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Roslin, EH25 9PS
M.K. Curran
Affiliation:
Wye College, Ashford, TN25 5AH
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Extract

This study determined the correlated responses in carcass composition after four generations of divergent selection for components of efficient lean growth rate in Large White (LW) and Landrace (LR) pigs.

Type
Pig Genetics II
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1994

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