Identification of informative performance traits in swine using principal component analysis Seleção de variáveis de desempenho de suínos por meio da análise de componentes principais

Using principal component analysis, records of 435 animals from an F2 swine population were used to identity independent and informative variables of economically important performance. The following performance traits were recorded: litter size at birth (BL), litter size at weaning (WL), teat numbe...

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Published in:	Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
Main Authors:	L. Barbosa, P.S. Lopes, A.J. Regazzi, S.E.F. Guimarães, R.A. Torres
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária 2005-12-01
Subjects:	suíno análise multivariada correlação crescimento descarte desempenho tamanho da leitegada swine multivariate analysis correlation discard growth litter size performance
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352005000600016