Heritability of the backtest response in piglets and its genetic correlations with production traits

The backtest response of a pig gives an indication of its coping style, that is, its preferred strategy to cope with stressful situations, which may in turn be related to production traits. The objective of this study was therefore to estimate the heritability of the backtest response and estimate g...

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Main Authors: M.W. Iversen, J.E. Bolhuis, I. Camerlink, W.W. Ursinus, I. Reimert, N. Duijvesteijn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731116001853