Estimation of genetic value of showjumping horses from the ranking of all performances in all competitions

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-25

  Reilly, M ^a   Foran, M K ^c   Kelleher, D L ^a   Flanagan, M J ^b   Brophy, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Irish Agriculture Research Centre   (Ireland)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0032364679     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.1998.tb00324.x     Document Type: Article

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