Estimates of genetic parameters for carcass traits in Finnish Ayrshire and Holstein-Friesian

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 203-213

  Parkkonen, Päivi ^a   Liinamo, Anna Elisa ^a   Ojala, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beef production; Carcass quality; Genetic correlation; Heritability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034034735     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00144-X     Document Type: Article

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