Recording and on-farm evaluations and monitoring: Breeding and selection

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-202

  Holst, P J ^a  

^a Agricultural Research Station   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding; Performance recording; Selection; Small ruminants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032713042     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00073-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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