GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC VARIABILITY OF WEANING WEIGHT IN LARGE WHITE YORKSHIRE PIGS

The effect of sex, period and season of birth on the weaning weight of Large White Yorkshire piglets and the heritability of this trait and its relationship with birth weight was analysed wing data of 1477 piglets, sired by 18 boars and born during 1984 to 1992. The overall mean weaning weight was...

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Main Authors: M. Vasundharadevi, M.G. Govindaiah, H.N. Narasimhamurthy, S.B. Krishnappa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Director of Academics and Research, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University 1996-07-01
Series:Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Online Access:https://www.jvas.in/public_html/upload/article_file/article_file_r1j54v.pdf?t=r1j54v