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Title
Phenotypic performance of gilts and young boars can be predicted from their estimated breeding values for growth rate and backfat
Series
Manipulating Pig Production
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008:
Author(s)
Publication Date
1997
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008
Abstract
Estimated Brooding Values (EBVs) obtained from genetic evaluation programs such as PIGBLUP (Henzell, 1995) are used by breeders to select genetically superior animals. The PIGBLUP program uses information from all relatives, therefore an animal without records can obtain an EBV for a trait using information from relatives. Differences in EBVs represent the expected differnce in phenotypic performance of these animals. The aim of this study was to obtain EBVs for average daily gain and backfat of gilts and young boars and to compare ranking on these EBVs with mean phenotypic performances.
Publication Type
Conference Publication
Source of Publication
Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, p. 169-169
Publisher
Australasian Pig Science Association Inc
Place of Publication
Werribee, Australia
Peer Reviewed
Yes
HERDC Category Description
ISBN
064634188x
9780646341880
Peer Reviewed
Yes
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