Estimates of genetic parameters of trotting performance traits for repeated annual records

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Pösö, Jukka ^a   Ojala, Matti ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Department of Animal Science ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Animal model; Finnhorse; REML; Standardbred trotter

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0003374436     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.72775     Document Type: Article

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