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Historical overview of the selection indices applied in pig breeding

Author(s) -

Oleksandr Kodak,

István Nagy

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

acta agraria kaposváriensis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1418-1789

DOI - 10.31914/aak.2294

Subject(s) - best linear unbiased prediction , selection (genetic algorithm) , statistics , biology , index (typography) , index selection , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , mathematics , machine learning , world wide web

Authors summarized the different selective animal breeding methods used in the pig breeding sector in the last few decades. Advantages and disadvantages of the conventional selection index procedures were summarized. The superiority of BLUP breeding values over the mass selection procedure was clarified. The economic aspects of the different traits were also examined and the most up to date economic BLUP indices were introduced as well.

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