A canonical correlation analysis of the association between carcass and ham traits in pigs used to produce dry-cured ham

The association between carcass and ham traits in a pig population used to produce dry-cured ham was studied using canonical correlation analysis. The carcass traits examined were hot carcass weight (HCW), backfat thickness (BT) and loin depth (LD), and the ham traits studied were gross ham weight (...

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Published in:	Genetics and Molecular Biology
Main Authors:	Henrique T. Ventura, Paulo S. Lopes, José V. Peloso, Simone E.F. Guimarães, Antonio Policarpo S. Carneiro, Paulo L.S. Carneiro
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2011-01-01
Subjects:	canonical correlation carcass ham pig
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572011000300014