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Blueprint: Selection for feed efficiency helps pigs adapt to stressors

2016-04-18 22:23:00| National Hog Farmer

By Samaneh Azarpajouh, Jessica Colpoys, Jack Dekkers, Nicholas Gabler, John Patience and Anna Johnson, Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science Selection for feed efficiency has been accelerated by directly measuring feed intake and, therefore, feed efficiency on animals in nucleus breeding populations. read more

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