Contributions of preweaning growth information and maternal effects for prediction of carcass trait breeding values among crossbred beef cattle

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-25

  Crews Jr , D H ^a   Kemp, R A ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass traits; Genetic evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0033244447     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/a98-052     Document Type: Article

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