Treating small herds as fixed or random in an animal model

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-183

  Oikawa, T ^a   Sato, K ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0031482011     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.1997.tb00503.x     Document Type: Article

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