An index for beef and veal characteristics in dairy cattle based on carcass traits

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-20

  Van Der Werf, Julius H J ^a,c   Van Der Waaij, Liesbeth H ^a   Groen, Ab F ^a   De Jong, Gerben ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Royal Dutch Cattle Syndicate   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcass data; Selection index; Veal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002718251     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00167-X     Document Type: Article

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