Variances and covariances between productive and adaptive traits and temperament in a composite breed of tropical beef cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-233

  Burrow, H M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Beef cattle; Fertility; Genetic parameters; Growth; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; BREED; CATTLE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RELATIONSHIP; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIANCE; HERITABILITY; PREGNANCY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034871187     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(01)00178-6     Document Type: Article

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