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Meat and eating quality responses to selection for components of efficient lean growth rate in pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

N.D. Cameron
Affiliation:
Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS, Scotland
G. Nute
Affiliation:
Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS, Scotland
S. Brown
Affiliation:
University of Bristol, Langford, BS18 7DY, England
J.D. Wood
Affiliation:
University of Bristol, Langford, BS18 7DY, England
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Information on the responses in meat and eating quality to selection for components of lean growth rate is important to the British pig breeding industry when evaluating alternative selection strategies. The current study determined responses in meat and eating quality traits to selection for components of lean growth rate.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

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