Customized selection indices for dairy bulls in Australia

Animal Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 393-403

  Bowman, P J ^a   Visscher, P M ^a,b   Goddard, M E ^a,c  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding programmes; Milk production; Productive life; Selection index; Sire evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030170601     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800014946     Document Type: Article

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