A terminal sire selection index for UK beef cattle

Animal Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-454

  Amer, P R ^a,c   Crump, R ^b,d   Simm, G ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Selection index; Terminal sire

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032349984     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800032859     Document Type: Article

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