Browsing Articles publicats (Ciència Animal) by Author "Dekkers, Jack C. M."

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Genome-Wide Association Study Singles Out SCD and LEPR as the Two Main Loci Influencing Intramuscular Fat Content and Fatty Acid Composition in Duroc Pigs

Ros Freixedes, Roger; Gol, Sofia; Pena i Subirà, Ramona Natacha; Tor i Naudí, Marc; Ibañez Escriche, Noelia; Dekkers, Jack C. M.; Estany Illa, Joan (Public Library of Science, 2016)

Intramuscular fat (IMF) content and fatty acid composition affect the organoleptic quality and nutritional value of pork. A genome-wide association study was performed on 138 Duroc pigs genotyped with a 60k SNP chip to ...
Relationship between gilt behavior and meat quality using principal component analysis

Ros Freixedes, Roger; Sadler, L. J.; Onteru, S. K.; Smith, R. M.; Young, J.M.; Johnson, A. K.; Lonergan, S. M.; Huff-Lonergan, E.; Dekkers, Jack C. M.; Rothschild, Max Frederick (Elsevier, 2014)

Pig on-farm behavior has important repercussions on pig welfare and performance, but generally its relation- ship with meat quality is not well understood. We used principal component analysis to determine the rela- tionship ...