NATIONAL SWINE IMPROVEMENT FEDERATION Genetic Parameters and Their Use in Swine Breeding
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Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, West Lafayette, IN 47907 Authors: Joe Cassady, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; O. Wayne Robison, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. Reviewers: Rodger K. Johnson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; James Schneider, Babcock Swine Inc., Holmen, W
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Genetic Parameters and Their Use in Swine Breeding
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