Inbreeding and its effects on some productive and reproductive traits in a Murrah buffalo herd

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-306

  Vasconcellos, B F ^a   Tonhati, H ^b  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

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EID: 0032379490     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.1998.tb00350.x     Document Type: Article

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