Prevalence of congenital defects in Swedish Hampshire, Landrace and Yorkshire pig breeds and opinions on their prevalence in Swedish commercial herds

This study concerns congenital defects in pigs; umbilical and scrotal hernia, cryptorchidism, kyphosis, splay legs, anal atresia, intersexuality and congenital tremor. The aim was to describe and estimate the prevalence of these defects and estimate the heritability for the most frequent defects, sc...

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Main Author: Mattsson, Petra
Format: Second cycle, A2E
Language:Swedish
Inglés
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2390/

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