Genetic Parameters for Growth and Carcass Traits in Japanese Brown Cattle Estimated from Field Records

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2112-2116

  Hirooka, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Groen, Ab F ^a   Matsumoto, Michio ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcass; Genetic Correlation; Heritability; Japanese Brown; Traits

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0030237045     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7492112x     Document Type: Article

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