The performance of Brahman-Shorthorn and Sahiwal-Shorthorn beef cattle in the dry tropics of northern Queensland. 5. Scrotal circumference, temperament, ectoparasite resistance, and the genetics of growth and other traits in bulls

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-17

  Fordyce, G ^a   Howitt, C J ^a   Holroyd, R G ^a   O'Rourke, P K ^a   Entwistle, K W ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; HAEMATOBIA; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS EXIGUA;

EID: 0003159114     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA9960009     Document Type: Article

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