Economic values for beef production traits from a herd level bioeconomic model

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-42

  Koots, K R ^a   Gibson, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Bioeconomic model; Economic values

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032365662     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/a97-038     Document Type: Article

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