Investigation of direct and maternal genetic effects on birth and weaning weight of Chios lambs

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 75-80

  Ligda, Ch ^a   Gabriilidis, G ^b   Papadopoulos, Th ^b   Georgoudis, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Agricultural Research Centre of Macedonia Thrace   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chios sheep; Heritability; Lamb weights; Maternal effects; Variance components

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033673821     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(00)00185-8     Document Type: Article

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