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Title: | A Phenotypic and Genetic Analysis of Still Born Piglets | Contributor(s): | Lewis, Craig (author); Hermesch, Susanne (author)![]() |
Publication Date: | 2011 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9845 | Abstract: | Still born piglets (SB) are a major economic cost to the pig industry. Not only is there a cost associated with the loss of a potential finished pig, there are also costs associated with the gestation of that animal to the sow. These are opportunity costs to the other piglets in the litter, such as a higher chance of mortality and sub-optimal growth rates (Boulot et al., 2008). Bunter (2009) suggested that heritability (h²) estimates for preweaning mortality may have increased over time. A similar composition of h² estimates was not available for SB. The aim of this study was to derive phenotypic trends and obtain variance components for SB. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | APSA 2011: 13th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Adelaide, Australia, 27th - 30th November, 2011 | Source of Publication: | Proceedings of the Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association (APSA), p. 98-98 | Publisher: | Australasian Pig Science Association Inc | Place of Publication: | Werribee, Australia | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 070201 Animal Breeding | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 830308 Pigs | HERDC Category Description: | E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication | Series Name: | Manipulating Pig Production | Series Number : | 13 |
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Appears in Collections: | Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU) Conference Publication |
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