Litter, Permanent Environmental, Ram-Flock, and Genetic Effects on Early Weight Gain of Lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 452-457

  Hagger, C ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Growth; Linear Models; Sheep; Variance Components

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEDIGREE; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031991372     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.762452x     Document Type: Article

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