Health and immune traits of Basque and Large White pigs housed in a conventional or enriched environment
Since decades, production traits such as growth rate, feed efficiency or body composition have been drastically increased in pigs by genetic selection. Whether this selection impacted animal robustness is still unclear. In this study, we compared Large White (LW) pigs, a breed submitted to intense g...
Main Authors: | E. Merlot, A. Vincent, F. Thomas, M.-C. Meunier-Salaün, M. Damon, F. Robert, J.-Y. Dourmad, B. Lebret, A. Prunier |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731112000080 |
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