旨在分析母猪的出生年份, 出生季节, 初生重, 开测日龄等固定效应对长白,
大白猪主要生长性状的影响, 并对目标生长性状进行遗传参数估计(遗传力, 遗传方差 …

Acceptable animal welfare is an integral part of sustainability. Selective breeding for
improved animal welfare can benefit the economic and environmental aspects of pig …

We estimated genetic parameters for two pork production and six litter performance traits of
Landrace, Large White, and Duroc pigs reared in Japan. Pork production traits were …

Tail docking is routinely conducted in long‐tailed sheep breeds to prevent flystrike
infections, but it is not in agreement with legal guidelines and animal welfare issues …

With regard to potential applications of genomic selection in small numbered breeds, we
evaluated genomic models and focused on potential candidate gene annotations for weight …

The swine inflammation and necrosis syndrome (SINS) is a syndrome visually characterized
by the presence of inflamed and necrotic skin at extreme body parts, such as the teats, tail …

The aims of the present study were to assess the effect of an herbal diet (HD; basal diet plus
a supplement with chicory herbs) on production traits and lesions scores in post weaning …

The aim of the present study was to study effects of feeding in terms of a herbal diet
supplement (HD; basal diet plus a supplement with chicory herbs), of early piglet backtest …

Improvements of longevity in sows are of overriding importance from an animal welfare as
well as from an economic perspective, also in the local Swabian‐Hall Landrace (SHL) …

Understanding factors affecting social interactions among animals is important for applied
animal behavior research. Thus, there is a need to elicit statistical models to analyze data …