Estimation models of variance components for farrowing interval in swine

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the importance of including maternal genetic, common litter environmental and permanent environmental effects in estimation models of variance components for the farrowing interval trait in swine. Data consisting of 1,013 farrowing intervals of Dallan...

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Main Authors: Aderbal Cavalcante Neto, Jeffrey Frederico Lui, José Lindenberg Rocha Sarmento, Maria Norma Ribeiro, José Mauro Costa Monteiro, Carlos Fonseca, Humberto Tonhati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2009-02-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000100009