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Backtest and novelty behavior of female and castrated male piglets, with diverging social breeding v...

Backtest and novelty behavior of female and castrated male piglets, with diverging social breeding v...

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Backtest and novelty behavior of female and castrated male piglets, with diverging social breeding values for growth

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Backtest and novelty behavior of female and castrated male piglets, with diverging social breeding values for growth

Publisher

United States

Journal title

Journal of animal science, 2013-10, Vol.91 (10), p.4589-4597

Language

English

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United States

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Contents

Pigs housed together in a group influence each other's growth. Part of this effect is genetic and can be represented in a social breeding value. It is unknown, however, which traits are associated with social breeding values. The aim of this study was, therefore, to investigate whether personality and response to novelty could be associated with so...

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Backtest and novelty behavior of female and castrated male piglets, with diverging social breeding values for growth

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TN_cdi_wageningen_narcis_oai_library_wur_nl_wurpubs_442900

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_wageningen_narcis_oai_library_wur_nl_wurpubs_442900

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ISSN

0021-8812

E-ISSN

1525-3163

DOI

10.2527/jas.2013-6673

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