Livestock Improvement: Art, Science, or Industry?

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2294-2302

  Harris, Dewey L ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal Breeding; Breeding; Genetic Change; Improvement; Livestock; Selection Index

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BREEDING; CATTLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; POULTRY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SHEEP; STANDARD; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BREEDING; CATTLE; POULTRY; RESEARCH; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 0032153022     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7692294x     Document Type: Article

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