Preweaning growth curves in Brown Swiss and Pirenaica calves with emphasis on individual variability

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1132-1140

  Villalba, D ^a,b   Casasus I ^b   Sanz, A ^b   Estany, J ^a   Revilla, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beef Cows; Breeds; Calving Season; Genetic Variation; Preweaning Period

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PARITY; PUERPERIUM; SEASON; STATISTICS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SEASONS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034181544     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.7851132x     Document Type: Article

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