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Rate and site of fat deposition in pigs selected for components of efficient lean growth rate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

N.D. Cameron*
Affiliation:
Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Roslin, EH25 9PS
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Rates and sites of fat deposition were measured in a population of Large White pigs, after six generations of divergent selection on lean growth rate with ad-libitum (LGA) and restricted (LGS) feeding, lean food conversion (LFC) and daily food intake (DFI).

Type
Pig Genetics & Meat Quality
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1995

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