An attempt of using public ambient temperature data in swine genetic evaluation for litter-size traits at birth in Japan

• Published in: Animal production science Vol. 62; no. 15; pp. 1488 - 1500
• Main Authors: Hara, Hitomi, Ogawa, Shinichiro, Ohnishi, Chika, Ishii, Kazuo, Uemoto, Yoshinobu, Satoh, Masahiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 31.05.2022

Context Large-scale genetic evaluation is promising for efficiently improving sow lifetime productivity, and therefore, a reasonable operational model should be pursued to analyse phenotypic data collected from around Japan, where unique seasonality exists. However, the information on establishing t...