Breeding objectives for beef cattle in Ireland

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 223-239

  Amer, P R ^a   Simm, G ^b   Keane, M G ^c   Diskin, M G ^d   Wickham, B W ^e  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^e IRISH CATTLE BREEDING FEDERATION   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Reproduction; Selection index; Terminal sire

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0035135239     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(00)00201-3     Document Type: Article

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