Relationships among early performance, lifetime production and reproduction traits in Murrah buffaloes

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 798-801

  Kuralkar, S V ^a,c   Raheja, K L ^b,c  

^a Regional AI Sub centre   (India)

^b CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Genetic and phenotypic correlations; Heritability; Lifetime performance traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031525119     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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