Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Milk Yield and Fat and Protein Contents of Milk from Murciano-Granadina Goats

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1895-1898

  Analla, M ^a   Jimenez Gamero I ^b   Munoz Serrano A ^b   Serradilla, J M ^b   Falagan A ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c Department of Animal Science   (Spain)

Author keywords

Correlation; Dairy goats; Heritability; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

LIPID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT; LACTATION; MILK; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GOATS; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0030256386     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76558-X     Document Type: Article

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