Estimation of additive and non-additive genetic parameters for carcass traits on bulls in dairy, dual purpose and beef cattle breeds

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-105

  Hirooka, Hiroyuki ^a   Groen, Ab F ^b   Van Der Werf, Julius H J ^b,c  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef traits; Crossbreeding; Genetic correlation; Heritability

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0005317153     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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