Genetic correlations and heritabilities for milk yield and lactation length of dairy sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-221

  El Saied, U M ^a,b   Carriedo, J A ^a   Baro, J A ^a   De Le Fuente, L F ^a   San Primitivo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dairy sheep; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Lactation length; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004134544     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(97)00060-6     Document Type: Article

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