Use of MOET in Merino breeding programmes: A practical and economic appraisal

Animal Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-254

  Brash, L D ^b   Wray, N R ^b   Goddard, M E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding programmes; Deterministic models; MOET; Sheep; Wool

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030123542     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800014545     Document Type: Article

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