Using the Genetic Lag Value to Determine the Optimal Maximum Parity for Culling in Commercial Swine Breeding Herds1
- 1 August 2010
- journal article
- Published by American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists in The Professional Animal Scientist
- Vol. 26 (4), 404-411
- https://doi.org/10.15232/s1080-7446(15)30622-7
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