Maternal and lamb carrier effects of the Booroola gene on food intake, growth and carcass quality of male lambs

Animal Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-217

  Visscher, A H ^a   Dijkstra, M ^a   Lord, E A ^b   Suss R ^c   Rosler H J ^c   Heylen, K ^c   Veerkamp, R F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry with Veterinary Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Booroola; Carcass quality; Major genes; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034287749     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135772980005503X     Document Type: Article

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