Genetic Trends and Breed Overlap Derived from Multiple-Breed Genetic Evaluations of Beef Cattle for Growth Traits

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2019-2027

  Sullivan, P G ^a,b   Wilton, J W ^b   Miller, S P ^b   Banks, L R ^b  

^a Beef Improvement Ontario   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Genetic Trend; Genetic Variation; Growth

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH; MALE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033174966     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.7782019x     Document Type: Article

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