Genetic study of individual preweaning mortality and birth weight in Large White piglets using threshold-linear models

• Published in: Livestock science Vol. 101; pp. 208 - 218
• Main Authors: Arango, J, Misztal, I, Tsuruta, S, Culbertson, M, Holl, J.W, Herring, W
• Format: Publication
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: birth weight; breeding value; genetic correlation; heritability; Large White; linear models; longevity; maternal effect; mortality; piglets; quantitative traits; reproductive traits; selection criteria; sows; statistical analysis; threshold model; weaning; weanlings